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Boccherini: Quintets for Guitar & Strings nos 1,2,3,4 & 9 / Massimo Scattolin, guitar

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Quintet for guitar & strings in D minor, G. 445 (arrangement of Piano Quintet, G. 416); Quintet for guitar & strings in E major, G. 446 (arrangement of Piano Quintet, G. 417); Quint...
Performers: Berger, Julius; Mezzena, Franco; Pagliari, Stefano [Violin]; Scattolin, Massimo [Guitar]; Volpato, Luca

These quintets for guitar and strings were created in the 1790s for the Duke of Benavente-Osuna. From the dramatic G445, whose last movement ends in...continue...

Filippo Gragnani: Sonatas for violin & guitar, Op. 8 / Franco Mezzena, violin; Massinto Scattolin, guitar

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Filippo Gragnani: Sonata for violin & guitar in D major, Op. 8/1; Sonata for violin & guitar in C major, Op. 8/2; Sonata for violin & guitar in A major, Op. 8/3
Performers: Mezzena, Franco; Scattolin, Massimo [Guitar]

With the dawning of the French Revolution came the reinvention of the guitar. The instrument became an instant success with the listening public of Europe...continue...
Recording information: Studio Opit.Me.S., l'Aquila, Italy (04/09/1990-04/13/1990)....continue...