Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Alban Berg Quartett, Markus Wolf, Alfred Brendel
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 9029586916
Release: 2018
Size: 1.56 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K. 387
01. I. Allegro vivace assai
02. II. Minuetto (Allegro) – Trio
03. III. Andante cantabile
04. IV. Molto allegro
String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421/417b
05. I. Allegro moderato
06. II. Andante
07. III. Menuetto (Allegretto) – Trio
08. IV. Allegretto ma non troppo
String Quartet No. 17 in B-Flat Major, K. 458, “Hunt”
09. I. Allegro vivace assai
10. II. Minuetto (Moderato) – Trio
11. III. Adagio
12. IV. Allegro assai
String Quartet No. 16 in E-Flat Major, K. 428/421B
13. I. Allegro non troppo
14. II. Andante con moto
15. III. Menuetto (Allegro) – Trio
16. IV. Allegro vivace
String Quartet No. 18 in A major, K. 464
17. I. Allegro
18. II. Minuetto – Trio
19. III. Andante
20. IV. Allegro
String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465, ‘Dissonance’
21. I. Adagio – Allegro
22. II. Andante cantabile
23. III. Menuetto – Trio (Allegro)
24. IV. Allegro
String Quartet No. 20 in D Major, K. 499, “Hoffmeister”
25. I. Allegretto
26. II. Menuetto (Allegretto) – Trio
27. III. Adagio
28. IV. Molto Allegro
String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K. 575, “Prussian No. 1”
29. I. Allegretto
30. II. Andante
31. III. Menuetto
32. IV. Allegretto
String Quartet No. 22 in B-Flat Major, K. 589, “Prussian No. 2”
33. I. Allegro
34. II. Larghetto
35. III. Menuetto (Moderato) – Trio
36. IV. Allegro assai
String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K. 590, “Prussian No. 3”
37. I. Allegro moderato
38. II. Andante
39. III. Minuetto (Allegretto) – Trio
40. IV. Allegro
String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515
41. I. Allegro
42. II. Andante
43. III. Menuetto (Allegretto) – Trio
44. IV. Allegro
String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516
45. I. Allegro
46. II. Menuetto (Allegretto) – Trio
47. III. Adagio ma non troppo
48. IV. Adagio – Allegro
Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414/385p
49. I. Allegro (Arr. Mozart for Piano & String Quartet)
50. II. Andante (Arr. Mozart for Piano & String Quartet)
51. III. Allegretto (Arr. Mozart for Piano & String Quartet)
Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, K. 493
52. I. Allegro
53. II. Larghetto
54. III. Allegretto
The Alban Berg Quartett is at the centre of this Mozart collection – quartets, quintets and a chamber version of the piano concerto K 414. The pleasures that await the listener are evoked by Gramophone magazine: “The K 515 and K 516 Quintets are a real treat; the first movement of the G minor has an unusual urgency, and the lovely, balanced phrasing emphasises the singing, melodic nature of the music. The disc of concert performances with Brendel is another high point… In the K 414 Concerto… the quartet’s accompaniments are exceptionally refined and intimate… Brendel is in particularly sprightly form in the finale.”