Ottorino Respighi is mostly renowned for his wonderful orchestral compositions, which are part of the permanent repertoire of all great conductors. However, he also wrote chamber music, some of which is very fascinating. Respighi composed his Quartetto dorico in 1924, inspired by ancient Gregorian modes, of which he was a keen scholar; the result was this brilliant and atypical work, in one ample movement. The CD also features his Quartetto in Re minore, composed by Respighi in 1909. After their successful recording of the Quartets by Gian Francesco Malipiero, the Quartetto di Venezia thus continue their work of rediscovery of Italian 20th-century music.