The speakers are Italian, why not go for an Italian amp? Audio Analogue Settanta Puccini at 70 watts/channel should be the amp to go for at just under USD2K. I have heard the Puccini SE in my own system and it floored me, it belongs to a friend who has very old 4 Ohm EPI speakers.
Another friend of mine has the SF GP being driven by Unision Research amp, that too is a good combination.
Not sure you can source it where you are but thought I should put in my 2 cents also if it helps.