Amadeus Quartet

String Quartet

The Amadeus Quartet was a world famous string quartet founded in 1947.

Because of their Jewish origin, violinists Norbert Brainin, Siegmund Nissel and violist Peter Schidlof were driven out of Vienna after Hitler's Anschluss of 1938. Brainin and Schidlof met in a British internment camp; many Jewish refugees had the misfortune of being confined by the British as "enemy aliens" upon seeking refuge in the UK. Brainin was released after a few months, but Schidlof remained in the camp, where he met Nissel. Finally Schidlof and Nissel were released, and the three of them were able to study with violin pedagogue Max Rostal, who taught them free of charge. It was through Rostal that they met cellist Martin Lovett, and in 1947 they formed the Brainin Quartet, which was renamed the Amadeus Quartet in 1948.

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Amadeus Quartet

Beethoven:

String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127

Saal 1, Funkhaus, WDR Cologne: 2 February 1956

Mozart:

String Quartet No. 18 in A Major, K464 'Drum'

Saal 1, Funkhaus, WDR Cologne: 3 February 1956

Amadeus Quartet

“"it is striking that the relatively early performances show the Amadeus achieving a combination of focused intensity, delicacy and intellectual power that may surprise those who know them only from their later appearances" Stephen Johnson

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Amadeus Quartet - The Cologne Years

Beethoven:	Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133 String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
Haydn:	String Quartet, Op. 74 No. 1 in C major
Mozart:	String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K515
Schubert:	String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden'

Amadeus Quartet

Recorded 1953-1957

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Amadeus Quartet

Bartók:	String Quartet No. 4, Sz 91 - Allegretto (23/03/73)
Beethoven:	String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4 (04/12/69) String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18 No. 6 (04/12/69) String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 - Lento Assai (23/03/73)
Brahms:	Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 - Andantino (08/12/71) (Jacques Lancelot)
Mozart:	String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major, K458 'The Hunt' String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K516 (Cecil Aronwitz)
Schubert:	String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden' - Presto (23/03/73)