Composer: Conrado del Campo
Performer: Quatuor Diotima
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: MarchVivo
Catalogue: MV005
Release: 2022
Size: 819 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
String Quartet No. 5 in F minor, ‘Romantic Caprices’
01. I. Preludio (Muy tranquilo)
02. II. Scherzo (Vivo y caprichoso)
03. III. Andante (Tranquilo, muy intenso y dramático)
04. IV. Andantino quasi allegretto
05. V. Bastante movido
06. VI. Final (Bastante lento y muy severo)
String Quartet No. 3 in C minor
07. I. Andante con profunda expresión
08. II. Quasi lento e íntimo
This is a release of a concert given by the Quatuor Diotima at the Fundación Juan March on 27 April 2022. It features the world premiere recordings of String Quartets No. 3 and No. 5 (six-movement version) by Conrado del Campo (1878-1953), one of the most original but least well-known Spanish composers of the first half of the twentieth century.
The concert was part of the Proyecto Conrado, which involves programming the first complete cycle of his thirteen string quartets. This will go hand in hand with the publication of a complete edition of the scores, most of which have never been published, and the release of recordings of the quartets (in various formats). The aim of this ambitious initiative is to rescue a significant body of works from the undeserved neglect into which it has fallen.