Sirmen: 6 String Quartets
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A renowned English ensemble revives little-known 18th-century chamber music with period charm and elegant phrasing.
Composer: Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen
Artists: Allegri String Quartet
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When the Allegri Quartet made this recording in 1994, almost no one had encountered even the name let alone the music of Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen. Born in Venice in 1745, she grew up in one of the Venetian ospedali that cared for female orphans, and quickly showed herself to be an outstanding violinist and singer. Her talent was worthy of tuition by Tartini, the greatest virtuoso and violin innovator of his age. In 1767 she married a fellow violinist, Lodovico Sirmen, and the couple embarked the following year on a concert tour of Europe that took them to Paris. Maddalena subsequently visited London, but by 1771 the couple had parted ways and Ludovico had returned to Italy.
She probably composed this set of six quartets while still a resident at the Ospedale dei Mendicanti. They were first published in 1769, perhaps not coincidentally by a woman, Madame Berault, who ran a Parisian firm. The date makes them directly contemporary with Haydn’s Op.9 quartets, which are generally reckoned to mark the birth of the string quartet as a self-sufficient genre. These quartets are more modest in scale than Haydn’s example, all cast in a contrasting pair of movements, slow-quick but Lombardini Sirmen’s mastery of her craft is apparent in both the clarity of the part-writing for strings and the fresh melodic inspiration.
Flashes of humour break through the elegant surface of the music, such as the abrupt modulations in the Allegro of No.2. The Larghetto of No.5 is a fine example of the pathos she brings to the slow movements, and the Allegro of No.6 rounds off the set with a galanterie that bears comparison with Boccherini’s example. ‘Care and attention [is] given to the music by the Allegri… beautifully judged.’ (Gramophone)
Tracklist:
0:00:00 Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen: String Quartet No. 4 in B-Flat Major: I. Cantabile
0:00:57 Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen: String Quartet No. 4 in B-Flat Major: II. Minuetto
0:09:51 Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen: String Quartet No. 3 in G Minor: I. Tempo giusto
0:16:15 Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen: String Quartet No. 3 in G Minor: II. Allegro-sostenuto-allegro-sostenuto
0:21:19 Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen: String Quartet No. 6 in E Major: I. Andantino
0:27:37 Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen: String Quartet No. 6 in E Major: II. Con brio-minuetto-con brio
0:31:19 Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen: String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major: I. Andante ma con un poco di moto
0:37:33 Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen: String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major: II. Allegretto
0:43:38 Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen: String Quartet No. 5 in F Minor: I. Larghetto-allegro-larghetto
0:51:49 Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen: String Quartet No. 5 in F Minor: II. Minuetto
0:56:12 Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen: String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat Major: I. Andantino 1:03:20 Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen: String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat Major: II. Allegro
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Thank you for watching! Tracklist: 0:00:00 String Quartet No. 4 in B-Flat Major: I. Cantabile 0:00:57 String Quartet No. 4 in B-Flat Major: II. Minuetto 0:09:51 String Quartet No. 3 in G Minor: I. Tempo giusto 0:16:15 String Quartet No. 3 in G Minor: II. Allegro-sostenuto-allegro-sostenuto 0:21:19 String Quartet No. 6 in E Major: I. Andantino 0:27:37 String Quartet No. 6 in E Major: II. Con brio-minuetto-con brio 0:31:19 String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major: I. Andante ma con un poco di moto 0:37:33 String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major: II. Allegretto 0:43:38 String Quartet No. 5 in F Minor: I. Larghetto-allegro-larghetto 0:51:49 String Quartet No. 5 in F Minor: II. Minuetto 0:56:12 String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat Major: I. Andantino 1:03:20 String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat Major: II. Allegro
Lovely quartets. Thanks to Brilliant Classics for bringing these neglected gems to light. Great to see more women composers getting the exposure they deserve.
Definitely an accomplished composer...thank heavens this wonderful music wasn't irrevocably lost. Hopefully it will now be included in the repertoires of many chamber groups.
Don't know where Sirmen has been hiding, but I'm so glad to have come upon this delightful composer
her music is lovely! Thank you so much for sharing this and introducing me to her
I have never heard of her before but I really like her compositions! 😍😍😍😍😍
Cette musique se déplie comme un livre d'images plein d'étoiles, où viennent filer les oiseaux, tourner les farandoles, claquer les crécelles et danser les sorciers 🌺 De rondes en comptines sonores pleines de ferveur, les arrangements étalent leur flamboyance et les instruments ont la rondeur et le brillant des carillons !
Thank you for introducing me to more unexplored majesty.
Absolutely Delightful !!
Wow! Thank you! 💮
Very interesting quartets.
Nice 🎨!
Thoroughly Beautiful
Awesome thank you ❤
Elegant and exquisite string quartets, thank you!
Thanks Brilliant classic.. This is so nice
A surprising discovery - for me a completely unknown composer with very nice music.
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Beautiful!
Oh what I would give to compose like this lady! How is such elegance possible? Would you ever do a compilation of women composer's string quartets? Just a huge thing of these delightful things that inspire warm feelings and envy as a composer. Lol
How delightful! Really beautiful chamber music. Thank You BC!
아름다운 연주곡 잘 들었습니다~감사합니다~🎵🎻🌿🍀☘🌹🌹☘🍀🌿❤❤수고 많으셨습니다~☕
@anigiuran109
7 ай бұрын
This beautiful music enjoied my day ! Thank Brilliant Classics ! 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤
Diese Musik ist ja zauberhaft 😊❤
An unexpected delight! Such sweet music, thank you so much for sharing this.
@rosannamasini2075
2 ай бұрын
❤❤❤grazie
thanks for recording the music of this little known composer 🤩
Mulheres na música, heroínas de épocas em que os homens predominavam em todos os capos. Mais que isso, elas sofriam preconceitos. Graças por existir Sirmen e outras.
Mais uma agradável surpresa. Bela música, de uma mulher que não precisou de ideologia para ser grande, apenas seu talento. Abraço 🇧🇷
Gracias por preentar a una artista que me era desconocida y para muchos también. Exceltes composiciones.
Una maravilla ¡Mil gracias!
Magnifica
Magnífico!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
brutaal steeds onderbroken door barbaarse reclames. Helaas!
Wooow hermoso cuarteto ❤
Thanks a lot for publishing a very good music piece.
Fantastic music, thank you. However, the number of ads is a torture... sorry...
It seems to take a lot of Schubert to imitate the lady... wonderful pieces.
Take note, not top. The title carefully applied. 'sirmen'. 'I' type 'lowercase'.
Proof if ever it were needed that we need to spend much more time highlighting the work of women composers of the past - and of the present too! The neglect of women composers is nothing short of scandalous.
@amandarainbow2652
7 ай бұрын
Yes, sadly...
Woman the top This could improve
Könnte auch von Mozart sein.
@presidentstaatshoofd473
7 ай бұрын
Wie kommst du den darauf? Zeitgenössisch vieleicht aber Mozart ist 'a different level'.
@olavtryggvason1194
7 ай бұрын
@@presidentstaatshoofd473 Mozart war mit seinen Streichquartetten ja auch später unterwegs. Diese Werke sind aus den 1760-ern, als auch die frühen Streichquartette von Haydn entstanden. Ausserdem von einer jungen Komponistin geschrieben. Für vor 1770 sind diese Werkchen sehr fortschrittlich, Das ist klanglich keine Frühklassik mehr. Sie sind kurz, ja. Aber man sollte sie deshalb nicht verachten.
@presidentstaatshoofd473
7 ай бұрын
@@olavtryggvason1194 Einverstanden :)
Great music, but why highlight the ex-husband last name instead of her own?
@f.b.7878
7 ай бұрын
Maybe it's like you, who puts the "Mr" before your vulgar name: to show off.
Lol she couldn't even pick a nice-sounding key to begin with. b-flat, e-flat omg...andante ma con poco di moto probably means that it was only andante at the beginning but the ensemble was pretty bored having to play that sh..