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Romanticismo Italiano

Quartetto Altemps

EAN / barcode: 0608917200607
Format: Digital

The new album Romanticismo Italiano by Quartetto Altemps brings two extraordinary, long-overlooked voices of 19th-century Italy to light: Stefano Golinelli and Vincenzo Antonio Petrali. Conceived as a rediscovery of "two treasures of Italian musical heritage" that fill the apparent void of Italian chamber music from that period, this world premiere recording demonstrates how two outstanding keyboard virtuosos (a celebrated pianist and a renowned organist) turned to the string quartet, the highest genre of chamber music. In Golinelli's String Quartet Op. 100 No. 1 in B minor (1854), operatic intensity and harmonic restlessness meet the structural clarity of the Austro-German tradition; echoes of Haydn, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schubert are audible without losing the unmistakably Italian lyrical impulse. Petrali's Quartet in G major, presented here in the revised version from 1884, reflects a mature and deeply personal synthesis: Italian cantabile warmth interwoven with contrapuntal mastery inspired by Central European models. Based on careful examination of original sources and manuscripts, Quartetto Altemps approaches this repertoire with the spirit of musicians performing music of their own time: forward-looking, lively and full of expressive power. The result is more than a historical reconstruction: it is a powerful artistic statement that restores these works to their rightful place and illuminates a forgotten chapter of Romantic Italy with passion, stylistic awareness and convincing interpretative depth.

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