Favourite Flavors / Quartetto Gelato

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Album Summary

Performers

• Peter Sotto (Violin)
• Joseph Macerollo (Accordion)
• Quartetto Gelato
• George Meanwell (Cello)
• Cynthia Steljes (Oboe)
• Peter De Sotto (Violin)
• Peter Sotto (Mandolin)
• Claudio Vena (Accordion)
• Peter De Sotto (Mandolin)
• George Meanwell (Guitar)
• Claudio Vena (Viola)
• Alexander Sevastian (Accordion)
• Kristina Cooper (Cello)
• George Meanwell (Mandolin)
• Roberto Occhipinti (Double Bass)
• Rosendo Leon (Percussion)

Ensembles

• Quartetto Gelato
• Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Composers

• Anonymous
• C. T. Cozens
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Vittorio Monti (1868 - 1922)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• N. Salerno
• George Meanwell
• Vincenzo De Crescenzo
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826)
• Eldo di Lazzaro (1902 - 1968)
• Consuelo Velázquez (1916 - 2005)
• Eduardo di Capua (1865 - 1917)
• Jacques Ibert (1890 - 1962)
• Carlo Donida
• Édith Piaf (1915 - 1963)
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992)

Notes & Reviews:

Personnel: Peter DeSotto (tenor, mandolin, violin); George Meanwell (guitar, mandolin, cello); Claudio Vena (viola, accordion); Kristina Reiko Cooper (cello); Alexander Sevastian (accordion); Cynthia Steljes (oboe); Roberto Occhipinti (double bass).

Signing to Koch Records' classical subsidiary Linus in 2005, Toronto-based chamber music experimentalists Quartetto Gelato reissued several older albums as well as the comprehensive career overview Favorite Flavors: Best of Quartetto Gelato. Gathering tracks from all stages of the quartet's decade-plus lifespan, Favorite Flavors ranges from the delicate folk-pop of "Words That I Want," written by guitarist and cellist George Meanwell, through chamber music rearrangements of familiar European pop tunes like "Besame Mucho" and "La Vie en Rose" to several light classical pieces featuring violinist Peter DeSotto's light but pleasant tenor. Quartetto Gelato make a virtue of eclecticism and most of their albums are as charmingly varied as Favorite Flavors, but this collection gathers most of the high points and works well as an introduction to the group. ~ Stewart Mason

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Works Details

Salerno, N. : Tango del Mare

• Performers: Peter Sotto (Violin); Joseph Macerollo (Accordion); Quartetto Gelato; George Meanwell (Cello); Cynthia Steljes (Oboe); Peter De Sotto (Violin)
• Ensemble: Quartetto Gelato
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Studio/Live: Studio

Capua, Eduardo di : O sole mio

• Performers: Peter Sotto (Mandolin); Peter Sotto (Violin); Quartetto Gelato; George Meanwell (Cello); Cynthia Steljes (Oboe); Claudio Vena (Accordion); Peter De Sotto (Mandolin); Peter De Sotto (Violin)
• Ensemble: Quartetto Gelato
• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: circa 1900
• Language: Italian
• Studio/Live: Studio

Anonymous : Hungaria

• Performers: Peter Sotto (Violin); Quartetto Gelato; George Meanwell (Cello); George Meanwell (Guitar); Cynthia Steljes (Oboe); Claudio Vena (Viola); Claudio Vena (Accordion); Peter De Sotto (Violin)
• Ensemble: Quartetto Gelato
• Running Time: 6 min. 41 sec.
• Studio/Live: Studio

Meanwell, George : Words That I Want

• Performers: Peter Sotto (Violin); Quartetto Gelato; George Meanwell (Guitar); Cynthia Steljes (Oboe); Peter De Sotto (Violin); Joseph Macerollo (Accordion)
• Ensemble: Quartetto Gelato
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Language: English
• Studio/Live: Studio

Ibert, Jacques : Entr'acte

• Performers: Quartetto Gelato; George Meanwell (Guitar); Cynthia Steljes (Oboe)
• Ensemble: Quartetto Gelato
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1937
• Studio/Live: Studio

Cozens, C. T. : The Clown of Venice

• Performers: Peter Sotto (Violin); Joseph Macerollo (Accordion); Quartetto Gelato; George Meanwell (Cello); Cynthia Steljes (Oboe); Peter De Sotto (Violin)
• Ensemble: Quartetto Gelato
• Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
• Studio/Live: Studio

Crescenzo, Vincenzo di : Rondine al nido, romance for voice & piano (or orchestra)

• Performers: Peter Sotto (Violin); Joseph Macerollo (Accordion); Quartetto Gelato; George Meanwell (Cello); Cynthia Steljes (Oboe); Peter De Sotto (Violin)
• Ensemble: Quartetto Gelato
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1920
• Language: Italian
• Studio/Live: Studio

Donida, Carlo : Al di Là

• Performers: Peter Sotto (Violin); Joseph Macerollo (Accordion); Quartetto Gelato; Peter De Sotto (Violin); George Meanwell (Guitar)
• Ensemble: Quartetto Gelato
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Studio

Ravel, Maurice : Le tombeau de Couperin :: Prelude

• Performers: Alexander Sevastian (Accordion); Peter Sotto (Violin); Kristina Cooper (Cello); Quartetto Gelato; Cynthia Steljes (Oboe); Peter De Sotto (Violin)
• Ensemble: Quartetto Gelato
• Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1919
• Studio/Live: Studio

Weber, Carl Maria von : Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 79 :: Finale

• Performers: Alexander Sevastian (Accordion); Peter Sotto (Violin); Kristina Cooper (Cello); Quartetto Gelato; Cynthia Steljes (Oboe); Peter De Sotto (Violin)
• Ensemble: Quartetto Gelato
• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1821
• Studio/Live: Studio

Édith Piaf (1915 - 1963) : La vie en rose, song

• Performers: Alexander Sevastian (Accordion); Peter Sotto (Violin); Kristina Cooper (Cello); Quartetto Gelato; Cynthia Steljes (Oboe); Peter De Sotto (Violin)
• Ensemble: Quartetto Gelato
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1946
• Language: French
• Studio/Live: Studio

Monti, Vittorio : Czardas

• Performers: Peter Sotto (Violin); Quartetto Gelato; George Meanwell (Mandolin); George Meanwell (Cello); Claudio Vena (Accordion); Peter De Sotto (Violin)
• Ensemble: Quartetto Gelato
• Notes: Composition written: 1904.
• Running Time: 4 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1904
• Studio/Live: Studio

Lazzaro, Eldo di : Chitarra romana, song for voice & orchestra

• Performers: Peter Sotto (Violin); Quartetto Gelato; George Meanwell (Cello); Cynthia Steljes (Oboe); Claudio Vena (Accordion); Peter De Sotto (Violin)
• Ensemble: Quartetto Gelato
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: circa 1920-1950
• Studio/Live: Studio

Piazzolla, Astor : Tanti Anni Prima

• Performers: Peter Sotto (Violin); Joseph Macerollo (Accordion); Quartetto Gelato; George Meanwell (Guitar); Cynthia Steljes (Oboe); Peter De Sotto (Violin)
• Ensemble: Quartetto Gelato
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1984
• Studio/Live: Studio

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Prelude and Aria. Nessun' Dorma

• Performers: Peter Sotto (Violin); Quartetto Gelato; George Meanwell (Cello); Cynthia Steljes (Oboe); Claudio Vena (Viola); Peter De Sotto (Violin)
• Ensemble: Quartetto Gelato
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926
• Language: Italian
• Studio/Live: Studio

Consuelo Velázquez (1916 - 2005) : Besame mucho

• Performers: Roberto Occhipinti (Double Bass); Alexander Sevastian (Accordion); Peter Sotto (Violin); Kristina Cooper (Cello); Rosendo Leon (Percussion); Quartetto Gelato; Cynthia Steljes (Oboe); Peter De Sotto (Violin)
• Ensemble: Quartetto Gelato
• Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1941
• Language: Spanish
• Studio/Live: Studio