PUCCINI: THE COMPLETE WORKS FOR STRING QUARTET

PUCCINI: THE COMPLETE WORKS FOR STRING QUARTET (LDV14111)

GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924)

Quartet in D Major
Allegro moderato – Adagio – Scherzo (allegro vivo) – Allegro vivo

Minuet Nos. 1,2,3

Fugue Nos. 1,2,3

Crisantemi

Paolo Morena, Violin I
Fabio Ravasi, Violin II
Cynthia Liao, Viola
Gabriele Zanetti, Cello

1 CD

Anyone who hears about Giacomo Puccini today instinctively thinks of his most famous compositions in the field of opera. Not everyone knows, however, that his production during his formative years in Milan, which concluded in 1883, was exclusively instrumental. The pieces included in this album belong to that artistic endeavor, except for Crisantemi, which is later and whose two main themes would contribute to the last act of Manon Lescaut (1893).