Mendelssohn / Saguenay - String Quartets - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Mendelsson Ravel Sollima marks Marie Bégin's first recording as first violin with the Quatuor Saguenay. Born after the quartet's founding in 1989, Marie brings a freshness and color to this album that is particularly well suited to the quartets of Mendelssohn and Ravel, who were in their late twenties when they composed these works. This recording also includes InchFederico IIInch, the folk-inspired first movement from the cycle InchViaggio in Italia,Inch written in 2000 by the Italian composer Giovanni Sollima (1962-...). Established in 1989 as the quartet in residence of the Orchestre symphonique du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Quatuor Saguenay, (formerly InchQuatuor AlcanInch) celebrates it's 33rd anniversary in 2022. Recognized as an artistic beacon in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, the quartet has a reputation for excellence that has grown thanks to numerous national and international tours, multiple radio broadcasts and more than thirty recordings to it's credit. Album Tracks 1. Quatuor à cordes en mi mineur, Op. 44 No. 2~I. Allegro assai appassionato 2. Quatuor à cordes en mi mineur, Op. 44 No. 2~II. Scherzo Allegro di molto 3. Quatuor à cordes en mi mineur, Op. 44 No. 2~III. Andante 4. Quatuor à cordes en mi mineur, Op. 44 No. 2~IV. Presto agitato 5. Quatuor à cordes en fa majeur~I. Allegro moderato 6. Quatuor à cordes en fa majeur~II. Assez vif 7. Quatuor à cordes en fa majeur~III. Très lent 8. Quatuor à cordes en fa majeur~IV. Vif et agité 9. Viaggio in Italia~I. Federico II