I SOLISTI DEL SAN CARLO
(THE SAN CARLO SOLOISTS)
Martucci/Longo - Naples between two centuries

  The disc contains two quintets with piano: one is rarely performed, which is in do major Op. 45 composed by Giuseppe Martucci, and the other composed by Achille Longo, performed for the first time ever in the world.
The first volume of a series of recordings intended to diffuse and promote chamber music by Neapolitan composers of the Eighteen and Nineteen hundreds.
If we keep in mind that the first composition dates back to 1878 and the second to 1934, it will appear clear that more than half a century passed between these two musical compositions, which gives extraordinary importance to the city of Naples and to its very vigorous musical life.
(produced by Loro di Napoli - www.lorodinapoli.org)

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GIUSEPPE NAVELLI
violin
ANTONIO BOSSONE
viola

ILIE IONESCU
violoncello

ALEXANDRA BRUCHER
piano

ACHILLE LONGO
QUINTET FOR STRING QUARTET AND PIANO
1 - MODERATO - ALLEGRO DECISO
2 - LARGO
3 - ALLEGRO VIVACE

GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI
QUINTET OP. 45 FOR STRING QUARTET AND PIANO
1 - ALLEGRO GIUSTO
2 - ANDANTE CON MOTO
3 - SCHERZO - ALLEGRO VIVACE
4 - FINALE ALLEGRO CON BRIO

 

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I SOLISTI DEL SAN CARLO
(THE SAN CARLO SOLOISTS)

Founded in 1982 the String Quartet has received great support from critics and public.
Composers like Mario Zanfred and Marcello Piani have dedicated their chamber music works to the ensemble.
They were invited to the International Festival in Linz, Austria, Festival
J. Brahms in Ischia, Teatro Rossini in Pesaro, Manzoni in Milano, Sala Dei Giganti in Padova, Teatro dell‚Opera in Rome. Abroad: Nice, Montecarlo, Ginevra, Rabat, Casablanca, Ankara, Amsterdam, Matricht, Athens, etc.
They recorded Haydn‚ "Seven last words of Christ" which was positively received by critics. They recorded S. Montuoisi‚ "Four Vibrations" for Penthafon and for the first time in the world Fenaroli‚ "Stabat Mater" for Nuova Era.
Alexandra Brucher received her Piano diploma in Bucarest under the guidance of Master Paladi to then perfect herself in Italy with Masters Piero Rattalino, Carlo Bruno and Aldo Ciccolini. She has won a number of national
and international competitions. She permanently collaborates with the San Carlo Soloists.

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I applaud the initiative of the Solisti del San Carlo (San Carlo Soloists) in promoting the diffusion of chamber music by Neapolitan composers of the eighteen and nineteen-hundreds.
Apart from Giuseppe Martucci‚s most famous Quintet, it is really a worthy endeavour to have recorded Achille Longo‚s remarkable Quintet, composer who, branched out, and descends from the noble Martucci trunk and, by sidestepping general preference for melodrama, dedicated himself to the neglected composition of instrumental and chamber music which brought new
light to Naples in the nineteen-hundreds. We hope that this initiative will give us more knowledge and recordings able
to enrich us with new historical information, as well as to encourage chamber music programs to include these works which have been forgotten over
time but are worthy of being performed.
Roberto De Simone