G Hoffmann - Mandolin Quartets
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 97117
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 19th January 2024
Contents
Works
Mandolin Quartet in A majorMandolin Quartet in D major
Mandolin Quartet in F major
Mandolin Quartet in G major
Artists
Federico Maddaluno (mandolin)Alberto Marano (violin)
Myriam Traverso (viola)
Alessandro Parfitt (cello)
Works
Mandolin Quartet in A majorMandolin Quartet in D major
Mandolin Quartet in F major
Mandolin Quartet in G major
Artists
Federico Maddaluno (mandolin)Alberto Marano (violin)
Myriam Traverso (viola)
Alessandro Parfitt (cello)
About
Giovanni Hoffmann’s refined chamber music featuring the mandolin was warmly received among the Viennese elite, making him one of the foremost figures behind the burgeoning mandolin repertoire of late 18th-century Vienna. Very little is known about his life; the Italianate first name alongside a clearly central-European surname adds to the mystery shrouding his birthplace and sphere of education.
Hoffmann was both a mandolin virtuoso and an esteemed composer. In 1799, the music merchant Johann Traeg advertised a list of the mandolin scores available to purchase from his shop on Vienna’s Singerstraße. It included a Trio for mandolin and bass by Hoffmann, and that same year, the composer released a further number of manuscript works through Traeg including his Quartets for mandolin, violin, viola and cello, and Serenatas for mandolin and viola. Hoffmann’s work is recorded again in Austria in the early decades of the 19th century, but – like his birth – the place and date of his death have not yet come to light. His music, however, lives on, a testament to his talent for composing delightful music in a Classical style evoking the fascinating gatherings of the Viennese literati.
Played by one of the leading mandolin players of Italy, Federico Maddaluno, a native of Naples and an avid promotor of his instrument.
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