Quartetto Italiano: Complete Decca,Philips & DG Recordings

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Founded 70 years ago by Paolo Borciani, Elisa Pegreffi, Lionello Forzanti and Franco Rossi, Quartetto Italiano is one of the finest string quartets of the 20th century. The group recorded almost exclusively for Philips Classics, leaving a legacy admired for its insight and technical brilliance. This 37CD Box Set celebrates the artistic achievements of the Quartet by presenting their complete recordings on Decca, Philips and DG. Featured are the legendary Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms cycles as well as many other interpretations that never fail to astonish including their Debussy & Ravel debut recording on Philips, their masterful late Schubert and the collaboration with Maurizio Pollini in Brahms’ Piano Quintet. New to CD DECCA RECORDINGS 1948-52 CD1*:Beethoven - String Quartets Nos.7 & 9 CD2*: Mozart - String Quartet No.2; Clarinet Quintet CD3*: Haydn - String Quartet Op.77, No.1; Beethoven: String Quartet No.6 CD4*: Mozart - String Quartets Nos.19 & 23 CD5: String Quartets By Haydn, Boccherini, Schumann & Verdi CD6: Schubert - String Quartets In A Minor & B Flat Major; Quartettsatz THE PHILIPS RECORDINGS 1965-1977 CD7 – 14: Mozart - Complete String Quartets CD15*: Mozart - Divertimenti CD16: Haydn - String Quartets Op.3, No.5; Op.64, No.5; Op.76, No.2 CD17*: Haydn - String Quartets Nos. 77 & 78 CD18*: Boccherini -String Quartets Op.6, Nos. 1 & 3; Op.58, No.2 CD19 – 27: Beethoven -Complete String QuartetsCD28: Schubert - String Quartets Nos.13 & 14 CD29: Schubert - String Quartet No.15; Quartettsatz CD30*: Schubert - String Quartet No.14; Quartettsatz CD31-32: Brahms - Complete String Quartets CD33*: Schumann - String Quartets Nos. 1-3 CD34*: Dvořák - String Quartet No.12; Borodin: String Quartet No.2 CD35: Debussy & Ravel String Quartets CD36: Webern - Music For String Quartet: Slow Movement for String Quartet 1905 / String Quartet (1905) / 5 Movements for String Quartet Op.5 / 6 Bagatelles for String Quartet op.9 / String Quartet op.28 DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 1977 CD37: Brahms - Piano Quintet with Maurizio Pollini