Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Auryn Quartet, Nobuko Imai
Number of Discs: 3
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Tacet
Catalogue: TACET217
Release: 2016
Size: 3.61 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
String Quintet No. 2 in C Minor, K. 406
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andante
03. III. Menuetto in canone
04. IV. Allegro
String Quintet No. 3 in C Major, K. 515
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Andante
07. III. Menuetto
08. IV. Allegro
CD 02
String Quintet No. 4 in G Minor, K. 516
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Menuetto & Trio
03. III. Adagio ma non troppo
04. IV. Adagio – Allegro
String Quintet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, K. 174
05. I. Allegro moderato
06. II. Adagio
07. III. Menuetto ma allegretto
08. IV. Allegro
CD 03
String Quintet No. 6 in E-Flat Major, K. 614
01. I. Allegro di molto
02. II. Andante
03. III. Menuetto
04. IV. Allegro
String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K. 593
05. I. Larghetto – Allegro
06. II. Adagio
07. III. Menuetto
08. IV. Allegro
Mozart’s string quintets are every bit the equal of his string quartets and are among the finest ever written for this genre. None of the six masterpieces is weaker than the others. Matthias Lingenfelder, Jens Oppermann, Stewart Eaton and Andreas Arndt have long harboured the desire to record this summit of the chamber music repertoire. With Nobuko Imai as second viola, they have now found a sympathetic partner who has integrated into the ensemble so well that it seems as if she has been playing with them for the entire 35 years that the 4 of them have been together. Forming part of the critically acclaimed ‘Auryn Series’, this benchmark-setting new complete recording is on 3 CDs with the Auryn Quartet and Nobuko Imai.