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Since its creation in 2004, Alfama quartet has made quite a breakthrough thanks to its subtlety, elegance and dynamism.
Selected by ProQuartet in 2006, these four young people work under the guidance of the Danel Quartet, and have worked with Walter Levin (LaSalle Quartet), Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet), Heime Muller (Artemis Quartet) and Eberhard Feltz.
Even if they have already been recorded (a.o. for the Leo Brouwer Quintet with guitarist Denis Sung-Hô, FUG524), this is in reality their first great premiere: a sensitive and intelligent exploration of orphan pages of the quartet repertoire: gems signed by famous names ranging from Mendelssohn to Britten, via Tchaikovsky, Wolf, Sibelius, Rachmaninov, Schoenberg and Webern.
Hugo Wolf: Serenade in G major, "Italienische Serenade" (Italian Serenade)
Serenade in G major, "Italienische Serenade" (Italian Serenade)
Anton Webern: Langsamer Satz
Langsamer Satz
Arnold Schoenberg: Presto in C major
Presto in C major
Felix Mendelssohn: Capriccio in E minor, Op. 81, No. 3
Capriccio in E minor, Op. 81, No. 3
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: String Quartet in B flat major
String Quartet in B flat major
Benjamin Britten: Alla marcia
Alla marcia
Jean Sibelius: Andante festivo, JS 34a
Andante festivo, JS 34a
Sergei Rachmaninov: String Quartet No. 1 in G minor (unfinished)
String Quartet No. 1 in G minor (unfinished): I. Romance
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