Mozart: String Quartets, Vol. III

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A triumph, both musically and technically. Encapsulating the best of all worlds, the Armida play with the exquisite nuancing of the finest old-school outfits, yet with a take-nothing-for-granted... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th Nov 2020
Catalogue No: AVI8553032
Label: Avi Music
Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

March 2021

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Mozart: String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K387 'Spring'

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Armida Quartett

I. Allegro vivace assai

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II. Menuetto. Allegro – Trio

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III. Andante cantabile

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IV. Molto Allegro

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Mozart: String Quartett No. 23 in F Major, K. 590

Work length27:09

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Armida Quartett

I. Allegro moderato

Track length8:36

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II. Allegretto

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III. Menuetto. Allegretto – Trio

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IV. Allegro

Track length6:41

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Mozart: String Quartet No. 2 in D major, K155

Work length8:12

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Armida Quartett

I. Allegro

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II. Andante

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III. Molto Allegro

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Mozart: String Quartet No. 8 in F major, K168

Work length13:30

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Armida Quartett

I. Allegro

Track length4:37

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II. Andante

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III. Menuetto – Trio

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IV. Allegro

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Mozart: String Quartet No. 12 in B flat major, K172

Work length15:58

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Armida Quartett

I. Allegro spiritoso

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II. Adagio

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III. Menuetto – Trio

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IV. Allegro assai

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Mozart: String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K575 'Prussian No. 1'

Work length22:37

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Armida Quartett

I. Allegretto

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II. Andante

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III. Menuetto. Allegretto – Trio

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IV. Allegretto

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Following the critically acclaimed volumes I and II of their Mozart String Quartet series, the Armida Quartett is delighted to bring volume III in a double album.

With the recordings on this CD, the Armida Quartet has reached the halfway mark in a project that seeks to intimately explore an entire mountain range.

Mozart's complete works for string quartet, to which they devote intense scrutiny within the framework of a recital series that pairs them with contemporary works specifically commissioned for the occasion. This requires our musicians to pay a particularly attentive ear: history remains unscathed, but the members of the Armida Quartet want to call ingrained listening habits into question. By implication, they explore Mozart's works as if the composer was looking over their shoulder. In collaboration with Henle music publishers and musicologist Wolf-Dieter Seiffert, they have embarked on a "workshop exploration" of Mozart's string quartets in the original manuscript.

The occasional discovery of certain hitherto overlooked details leads them to interpret certain passages in exciting new ways. All the while, they gain increasing familiarity and assurance as they delve ever more deeply into the master's musical language. The sources also confirm something that Mozart alluded to in his dedication of the six "Haydn" Quartets to his revered colleague: the fact that the work of composing can be painstaking, at times laborious.

Haydn, in return, testified to Mozart's "greatest science of composition", which not only implied a high level of mastery, but also the younger colleague's capacity to ensure that the listener never felt annoyed or overwhelmed, since Mozart, as Haydn assured, "has taste". .. (Excerpt from the booklet notes by Hansjorg Ewert)

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March 2021

A triumph, both musically and technically. Encapsulating the best of all worlds, the Armida play with the exquisite nuancing of the finest old-school outfits, yet with a take-nothing-for-granted interpretative inquisitiveness that takes historically informed practice to a whole new level...Most striking of all is the ensemble’s meticulous tonal matching, so that one is beguiled anew by Mozart’s infinite variety of scoring.

April 2021

This is an accomplished recording of the great quartets from the Vienna decade but, perhaps more importantly, a vital one of the earlier works, demonstrating not only the young Mozart’s gifts but also the unique power.

Mozart: String Quartets, Vol. III

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