Ensemble Italiano
brings together four internationally acclaimed and highly experienced musicians: Mauro Tortorelli (violin) and Angela Meluso (piano), who previously made up Gran Duo Italiano; Massimo Macrì (first cello of the RAI National Orchestra in Turin); and Pierluigi Bernard (first clarinet of the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra). On the occasion of this first ever recording of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s quartet Pastorale and Rondo Op.185 for clarinet, violin, cello and piano, Ensemble Italiano felt that the lovely scenery and welcome of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands would be the perfect environment for savouring the composer’s chamber music.

In occasione dell’incisione discografica in prima mondiale del Quartetto “Pastorale e Rondò” Op.185 per violino, clarinetto,violoncello e pianoforte di Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco, l’ Ensemble Italiano sceglie le Isole Canarie, ovvero la spettacolare ed accogliente Isola di Fuerteventura per immergersi nelle pagine cameristiche del compositore fiorentino.