An enjoyable selection of chamber music by a young Rossini

An enjoyable selection of chamber music by a young Rossini

‘In later life Rossini dismissed the quartets as ‘terrible’, but the truth – as made plain by the excellent performances on this recording – is that this music is much more than a mere prentice effort.’

 

Hoffmeister/Rossini
Hoffmeister: Double Bass Quartets Nos 3 & 4; Rossini: Sonata a quattro Nos 4, 5 & 6
Minna Pensola (violin), Antti Tikkanen (violin, viola), Tuomas Lehto (cello), Niek de Groot (double bass)
BIS BIS-2318 (hybrid CD/SACD)   76:38 mins

Freya Parr

Published: March 5, 2019 at 3:28 pm

‘In later life Rossini dismissed the quartets as ‘terrible’, but the truth – as made plain by the excellent performances on this recording – is that this music is much more than a mere prentice effort.’

Hoffmeister/Rossini Hoffmeister: Double Bass Quartets Nos 3 & 4; Rossini: Sonata a quattro Nos 4, 5 & 6 Minna Pensola (violin), Antti Tikkanen (violin, viola), Tuomas Lehto (cello), Niek de Groot (double bass) BIS BIS-2318 (hybrid CD/SACD) 76:38 mins

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Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.
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