专辑简介

After many years of individual performances , the shared aspirations, ideas and musical tastes of the five musicians encouraged them to work together on a permanent basis. The group has performed successfully all over Italy: Parco della Musica of Rome, Cappella Paolina del Quirinale, Teatro della Pergola of Florence, Chiostro del Bramante of Rome, "Emilia Romagna Festival 2006", Agimus of Perugia, "Amici della Musica" Association of Bevagna, "Circolo degli Illuminati" of Città di Castello,Amici della Musica di Palermo, Teatro Politeama, Rotary Club of Perugia, Festival of Piediluco, Politecnico di Torino, Amici della Musica di Foggia,etc. In October 2006 the quintet was invited to perform in Poland and in November 2007 held concerts in many cities of the United States, Ecuador, Venezuela and Brazil. Furthermore, the group was asked to play in honour of the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, on the occasion of his visit to the United States last December. This past year the group performed at the Auditorium Parco della Musica of Rome in a concert dedicated to Antonio Vivaldis' Four Seasons and to Astor Piazzollas' Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas. On April 15th 2008, at the same auditorium, they performed, in addition to other pieces, the Quintet D667 "La trota" by Franz Schubert. Following the concerts, broadcasted live by the Italian public radio station "RadioTre" from the Cappella Paolina of the Quirinale (2008&2011), the Quintet gave their debut in the Terra Sancta Cultural Center of Amman (Giordania) in a new programme centred on the recital of Italian 20th century poetry and accompanied by original music composed by Roberto Della Vecchia. Next year a new CD of Quintetto Bottesini will be published by Brilliant Classics with works by Louise Farrenc (1804-1875).