Leopold Mozart defined it as a Minor light inside the European music panorama. However the Galant style of F.P. Ricci had great success still around the 1770, reasserting an Italian way of understanding music. Inspiration, impulse, enthusiasm and brilliance are those features which are here collected by Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble. Composed by four musicians united by their passion for the chamber music repertoire, The A.M.I. String Quartet focuses on a few shared pillars: common feeling, timbre research, attention to original scores and historically informed performance. A.M.I. is dedicated mainly to the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries' repertoire, with particular interest for the valorization and revival of unpublished Italian music, in particular from the Milan area. In this regard, it collaborates with the Archivio della Sinfonia Milanese in Binasco (MI), founded by MÂ° Vanni Moretto.

Tracklist:

String Quartet No. 1 in B flat Op. VIII~I. Lento ed affettuoso
String Quartet No. 1 in B flat Op. VIII~II. Allegro spiritoso
String Quartet No. 1 in B flat Op. VIII~III. Minuetto. Maestoso - Rondeaux
String Quartet No. 2 in D Op. VIII~I. Adagio con moto
String Quartet No. 2 in D Op. VIII~II. Allegro
String Quartet No. 2 in D Op. VIII~III. Minuetto. Sostenuto
String Quartet No. 3 in E flat Op. VIII~I. Largo
String Quartet No. 3 in E flat Op. VIII~II. Presto assai
String Quartet No. 3 in E flat Op. VIII~III. Minuetto. Maestoso
String Quartet No. 4 in C Op. VIII~I. Grazioso
String Quartet No. 4 in C Op. VIII~II. Cantabile
String Quartet No. 4 in C Op. VIII~III. Vivace/Lento ed espressivo/Vivace
String Quartet No. 5 in G Op. VIII~I. Grazioso
String Quartet No. 5 in G Op. VIII~II. Minuetto. Tempo giusto
String Quartet No. 5 in G Op. VIII~III. Andante
String Quartet No. 6 in D Op. VIII~I. Minuetto. Maestoso
String Quartet No. 6 in D Op. VIII~II. Adagio ma non troppo
String Quartet No. 6 in D Op. VIII~III. Spiritoso e gajo - Minuetto flebile - Spiritoso e gajo

UPC: 8051773570636
Label: Urania Records
Release Date: 12.4.20
Format: CD

Ricci / Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble - Six String Quartets 8 (CD)