Greetings from Italy where music is everywhere! Celebrating 20 years of an illustrious international career with their 14th recording and first on Avie, the multiple award-winning Quartetto di Cremona sends Italian Postcards, assembling evocations of the Mediterranean country by four non-natives. Mozart penned his first string quartet during his first Italian journey to the town of Lodi.

Hugo Wolf’s Italian Serenade takes its inspiration from poetry and ancient Italian melodies. Extending the quartet repertoire, the Cremona commissioned British-French-Israeli composer Nimrod Borenstein, whose Cieli d’Italia was inspired by the colours of the Italian skies. The album’s idyllic conclusion is Tchaikovsky’s string sextet, “Souvenir de Florence,” in which the Cremona is joined by violist Ori Kam (Jerusalem Quartet) and cellist Eckart Runge (former founding member of the Artemis Quartet).

• 1. Wolf: Italian Serenade
• 2. Mozart: String Quartet No.1 In G K.80 Lodi - Adagio
• 3. Mozart: String Quartet No.1 In G K.80 Lodi - Allegro
• 4. Mozart: String Quartet No.1 In G K.80 Lodi - Menuetto
• 5. Mozart: String Quartet No.1 In G K.80 Lodi - Rondeau: Allegr
• 6. Borenstein: Cieli D'italia Op.88 For String Quartet
• 7. Tchaikovsky: String Sextet D Minor Op.70 Souvenir De Florenc
• 8. Tchaikovsky: String Sextet D Minor Op.70 Souvenir De Florenc
• 9. Tchaikovsky: String Sextet D Minor Op.70 Souvenir De Florenc
• 10. Tchaikovsky: String Sextet D Minor Op.70 Souvenir De Florenc