Cavani Quartet
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The Cavani String Quartet is an American string quartet based in Cleveland, Ohio. The quartet is named for the 19th century violin makers Giovanni and Vincenzo Cavani.
The quartet formed in 1984 and became the Quartet-in-Residence at the Cleveland Institute of Music in 1988.
They have collaborated for many years in special performances with the poet Mwatabu Okantah.
The quartet has recorded music by Béla Bartók, Maurice Ravel, Antonín Dvořák, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Dan Welcher, Donald Erb, Ernest Chausson, Leo Brouwer, and James Primosch for the Albany, Azica, Gasparo, New World, and Pantheon labels. They won the Naumburg Chamber Music Award in 1989. For their 20th anniversary, they commissioned the work Musings for String Quintet from composer Joseph Hallman. The premiere took place with Alisa Weilerstein, cellist, at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
The quartet has been partners with many organizations, including the Chamber Music Connection, led by Debbie Price. They also run many free concerts for growing and learning string players, many of whom are under age 18.
In June 2018, the Cleveland Institute of Music announced the severance of its affiliation with the Cavani String Quartet.
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- String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 67: I. Vivace - Brahms, J.: String Quartet No. 3 / String Quintet No. 2 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 67: II. Andante - Brahms, J.: String Quartet No. 3 / String Quintet No. 2 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 67: III. Agitato (Allegretto non troppo) - Brahms, J.: String Quartet No. 3 / String Quintet No. 2 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 67: IV. Poco Allegretto con Variazioni - Brahms, J.: String Quartet No. 3 / String Quintet No. 2 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111: I. Allegro non troppo, ma con brio - Brahms, J.: String Quartet No. 3 / String Quintet No. 2 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111: II. Adagio - Brahms, J.: String Quartet No. 3 / String Quintet No. 2 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111: III. Un poco allegretto - Brahms, J.: String Quartet No. 3 / String Quintet No. 2 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111: IV. Vivace ma non troppo presto - Brahms, J.: String Quartet No. 3 / String Quintet No. 2 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49: I. Moderato - Shostakovich, D.: String Quartets - Nos. 1, 7 14 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49: II. Moderato - Shostakovich, D.: String Quartets - Nos. 1, 7 14 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49: III. Allegro molto - Shostakovich, D.: String Quartets - Nos. 1, 7 14 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49: IV. Allegro - Shostakovich, D.: String Quartets - Nos. 1, 7 14 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 7 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 108: I. Allegretto - Shostakovich, D.: String Quartets - Nos. 1, 7 14 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 7 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 108: II. Lento - Shostakovich, D.: String Quartets - Nos. 1, 7 14 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 7 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 108: III. Allegro - Allegretto - Shostakovich, D.: String Quartets - Nos. 1, 7 14 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 14 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 142: I. Allegretto - Shostakovich, D.: String Quartets - Nos. 1, 7 14 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 14 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 142: II. Adagio - Shostakovich, D.: String Quartets - Nos. 1, 7 14 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 14 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 142: III. Allegretto - Shostakovich, D.: String Quartets - Nos. 1, 7 14 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, B. 179, "American": I. Allegro ma non troppo - Dvorak, A.: String Quartet No. 12 / Schumann, R.: String Quartet No. 1 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, B. 179, "American": II. Lento - Dvorak, A.: String Quartet No. 12 / Schumann, R.: String Quartet No. 1 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, B. 179, "American": III. Molto vivace - Dvorak, A.: String Quartet No. 12 / Schumann, R.: String Quartet No. 1 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, B. 179, "American": IV. Finale: Vivace ma non troppo - Dvorak, A.: String Quartet No. 12 / Schumann, R.: String Quartet No. 1 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 41, No. 1: I. Introduction: Andante espressivo - Allegro - Dvorak, A.: String Quartet No. 12 / Schumann, R.: String Quartet No. 1 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 41, No. 1: II. Scherzo: Presto - Intermezzo - Dvorak, A.: String Quartet No. 12 / Schumann, R.: String Quartet No. 1 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 41, No. 1: III. Adagio - Dvorak, A.: String Quartet No. 12 / Schumann, R.: String Quartet No. 1 - Cavani Quartet
- String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 41, No. 1: IV. Presto - Dvorak, A.: String Quartet No. 12 / Schumann, R.: String Quartet No. 1 - Cavani Quartet
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