Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Armida Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Avi Music
Catalogue: AVI8553318
Release: 2015
Size: 1.18 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
String Quartet No. 9 in A major, K169
01. I. Molto adagio
02. II. Andante
03. III. Menuetto
04. IV. Rondeau. Allegro
String Quartet No. 18 in A Major, K464 ‘Drum’
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Menuetto – Trio
07. III. Andante
08. IV. Allegro non troppo
String Quartet No. 22 in B flat major, K589 ‘Prussian No. 2’
09. I. Allegro
10. II. Larghetto
11. III. Menuetto – Moderato
12. IV. Allegro assai
An adventure for their anniversary: Mozart!
Every string quartet dreams of having its own Mozart cycle: for its 10th anniversary in 2016, the Armida Quartet plans to perform all 23 works in public. The composer was part of each one of their lives long before the ensemble was formed. Playing in orchestras, in chamber music and in solo recitals, the Armida Quartet’s future members already got to know and love Mozart.
In their complete Mozart series, the quartet will not be presenting the string quartets in chronological order. Instead, in each recital, they will place Mozart, the young Wunderkind, alongside the mature composer; the carefree creator alongside the brooding master. “We want to show how modern his thinking was for his time. Many people have a fixed image of Mozart in their minds, as a musician who painted an ideal world with beautiful melodies. But inside, he was burning, struggling, seeking”, as 2nd violinist Johanna Staemmler contends.
Thus the Armida Quartet’s first Mozart CD features a selection of three works from different creative periods.