Sirmen/ Lombardini Quartett - Six String Quartets Format:CD the stranger who agrees to

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A special feature: each trio is dedicated to one of the prominent Italian violinmakers

two unreleased takes from a 1930 Paramount session with Irene Scruggs and Little Brother Montgomery (the latter's very first recordings)

the 19-track release showcases a tunesmith at the peak of his powers - melding melody with memories

Sirmen/ Lombardini Quartett - Six String Quartets Format:CD the stranger who agrees toThe Lombardini Quartet is not only named after the Venetian violin virtuoso and composer Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen, but now also recorded her versatile "Sei quartetti" op. 3 from 1769. Lombardini Sirmen was one of the few women to realize a career as a professional musician in the 18th century and, according to sources, the first woman to compose string quartets, at a time when this genre was still extremely young and in the formal