Bruno Maderna - for strings / Arditti String Quartet (2002)

A series of touching photographs, probably dating from around 1930, show the young Maderna, or Brunetto as he was called then, the child prodigy violinist. As a member of the Happy Grossato Company, he played mainly dance music in the coffee houses and restaurants of Venice. He also performed solo concertos with classical orchestras, and before long had exchanged his bow for the conductor's baton. In 1927, he directed the orchestra of La Scala for the first time, aged only seven.

from the CD booklet

Bruno Maderna - for strings (Arditti String Quartet):

Quartetto per archi (c.1946) 6:40
first performance on 29th April 1994 in Paris by the Arditti String Quartet
I Allegro
II Lento a fantasia
III Allegro

Quartetto per archi in due tempi (1955)
1st movement 7:21
2nd movement 7:19
commissioned by the City of Darmstadt dedicated to Luciano Berio
First performance in Darmstadt on 1 June 1955 by the Drolc Quartett

Cadenza (from Amanda) (1966) 6:39
for violin and string trio (excerpt from Amanda Serenata VI)
First performance in Naples on 25 October 1966,
by the "A.Scarlatti" Orchestra, directed by Daniele Paris

Widmung (1967) for violin 10:44
dedicated to Ottomar and Greta Domnick
First performance by Theo Olof on 27 October 1967 in Niirtingen

Dialodia (1971) for two violins 2:25
excerpt from Ausstrahlung
First performance on 4 September 1971 in Persepolis by Lothar Faber, oboe, and K. Verheul, flute,
with the Orchestra dell'Aia, directed by Bruno Maderna

Pièce pour Ivry (1971) for violin 8:53
dedicated to Ivry Gitlis

Viola (1971) for viola 6:45
dedication: all'amico Aldo Bennici affettuosamente dedicate
First performance: 1971 - Aldo Bennici

Ständchen für Tini (1972) for violin and viola 1:23
manuscript, unpublished

Montaigne/naive MO 782158 (1992/2002)

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I hope to add afterwards more music that perhaps you have not had the occasion to listen.