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The spirit of this sparkling and joyous movement from Mendelssohn’s famous and well-loved symphony is brilliantly captured and sustained in Carlo Martelli’s superb adaptation for string quartet. For conservatories and professionals.
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The spirit of this sparkling and joyous movement from Mendelssohn’s famous and well-loved symphony is brilliantly captured and sustained in Carlo Martelli’s superb adaptation for string quartet. For conservatories and professionals.
Review: “Formally named Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony, completed in 1833, is said to be inspired by the spirit and atmosphere of native Italian culture. In his lifetime Mendelssohn was never satisfied with the piece, writing alternate versions of the second, third, and fourth movements and never allowing it to be published. It appeared in print only after his death. The Allegro Vivace first movement, in sonata form, has been scored for string quartet in this release. For the advanced string quartet.” – News Notes May 2008
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Biography
Biography
Martelli, Carlo
Carlo Martelli was born on the 12th December 1935 in London to an Italian father and an English mother. By the age of eleven Carlo had developed a passion for the symphony orchestra. Just before his twelfth birthday he started taking regular violin lessons and very soon began writing elaborate orchestral scores achieving a mastery in this field by the age of sixteen, by which time he had obtained a County Scholarship to attend the Royal College of Music in London, studying composition and viola. By the time he was 21 he had written a string quartet and had already had a great deal of success with several large scale serious symphonic compositions, notably his Second Symphony, which had many performances and broadcasts by several major orchestras in the few years after its completion. In the 1960's he turned to film music to make a living, and also worked steadily as a freelance viola player. His arrangements for string quartet, trio and other combinations number well over 250 and are played by hundreds of groups all over the world.
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