(1997) Three Italian String Quartets Luciano Berio But an ironic stroke of

But an ironic stroke of fate came to his aid

C'est Bruno Giuranna qui est le directeur artistique de l'orchestre

Robert De Visée and Simone Molinaro

often by questionable arguments

combining three elements: the circus

(1997) Three Italian String Quartets Luciano Berio But an ironic stroke ofThe three works on this recording are characteristic of the rebirth of the string quartet in Italy after an extended hiatus following the quartets by Boccherini and Cherubini. The quartets by Respighi, Rota and Malipiero represent the continuation of Verdis individual forays into this genre and in a sense the development of the string quartet in Italy in the first half of this century. The Nuovo Quartetto Italiano (formerly Giovane Quartetto Italiano)