My Choice Paolo Beschi & La Gaia Scienza

• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Quintett für Pianoforte, zwei Violinen, Viola und Violoncell in F-Moll, Op. 34:
• 1Brahms: Quintett für Pianoforte, zwei Violinen, Viola und Violoncell in F-Moll, Op. 34: Finale, Poco sostenuto/Allegro non troppo10:00
• Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): Trio in D-Dur für Klavier, Flöte und Violoncello, Hob. XV:
• 2Haydn: Trio in D-Dur für Klavier, Flöte und Violoncello, Hob. XV: 16: Andantino più tosto Allegretto04:50
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Violoncello Solo Suites, Suite I in G-Dur, BMV 1007:
• 3Bach: Violoncello Solo Suites, Suite I in G-Dur, BMV 1007: Allemande04:41
• Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828): Trio in Es-Dur für Piano, Violine und Violoncello, Op. 100 [D 929]:
• 4Schubert: Trio in Es-Dur für Piano, Violine und Violoncello, Op. 100 [D 929]: Andante con moto08:48
• Johannes Brahms: Quartett für Pianoforte, Violine, Viola und Violoncell in C-Moll, Op. 60:
• 5Brahms: Quartett für Pianoforte, Violine, Viola und Violoncell in C-Moll, Op. 60: Scherzo, Allegro04:10
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Klavierquartett in Es-Dur, Op. 47:
• 6Schumann: Klavierquartett in Es-Dur, Op. 47: Andante06:20
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Violoncello Solo Suites, Suite IV in Es-Dur, BMV 1010:
• 7Bach: Violoncello Solo Suites, Suite IV in Es-Dur, BMV 1010: Allemande04:06
• Robert Schumann: Klavierquartett in Es-Dur, Op. 47:
• 8Schumann: Klavierquartett in Es-Dur, Op. 47: Scherzo03:18
• Franz Schubert: Trio in B-Dur für Piano, Violine und Violoncello, Op. 99 [D 898]:
• 9Schubert: Trio in B-Dur für Piano, Violine und Violoncello, Op. 99 [D 898]: Andante un poco mosso09:50
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Violoncello Solo Suites, Suite VI in D-Dur, BMV 1012:
• 10Bach: Violoncello Solo Suites, Suite VI in D-Dur, BMV 1012: Gavotte I + II04:04
• Robert Schumann: Klavierquintett in Es-Dur, Op. 44:
• 11Schumann: Klavierquintett in Es-Dur, Op. 44: Scherzo04:51
• Total Runtime01:04:58

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The immediacy and power of La Gaia Scienza and Paolo Beschi takes your breath away. The sound of these outstanding musicians on original instruments is amazing and appealing, the phrasing and the interaction are exemplary, every note and every bar has been rethought. Chamber music full of contrasts and emotions. Adventurous souls should not hesitate, key works by Brahms, Haydn, Schubert and Schumann have never been heard like this before and as a special encore, highlights from Bach's Cello Solo Suites can be heard. Paolo Beschi (co-founder and cellist of 'Il Giardino Armonico') conducts the ensemble 'La Gaia Scienza' with pianist Federica Valli and violinist Stefano Barneschi. This group gives the world groundbreaking reinterpretations of romantic and baroque works. Pizzicato writes: 'played vitally and pulsating, with feeling but without pathos.'

Paolo Beschi, cello
La Gaia Scienza

Federica Valli
studied the piano with Duccia Gussoni Scacchi and the harpsichord with Fiorella Brancacci. Further studies with Guido Agosti, and Paolo Bordoni. In 1980, together with Paolo Beschi and Beppe Crosta, she founds the ensemble "La Gaia Scienza". She gives lectures on chamber music at the Como Conservatory.

Stefano Barneschi
studied with Carlo de Martini, Gyorgy Sebok and Daniel Philips. He is a member of the chamber orchestra "Il Quartettone", the quartet "Le Ricordanza", "Il Giardino Armonico", and "La Gaia Scienza". Since 1996, he teaches the violin at the Scuola Civica in Milano.

Paolo Beschi
studied with Maria Leali and Franco Rossi. He is a member of the "Gruppo Musica Insieme". In 1980, he founds the ensemble "La Gaia Scienza", together with Federica Valli and Beppe Crosta, and in 1985, "Il Giardino Armonico", with Giovanni Antonini and Lorenzo Ghielmi. He teaches quartet music at the Como Conservatory.

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