String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387 "Spring": I. Allegro vivace assai String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387 "Spring": II. Minuet & Trio. Allegro String ...
String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K. 575 "First Prussian Quartet": I. Allegretto String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K. 575 "First Prussian Quartet": II. Andante String ...
It’s incredible to think that Mozart’s three ‘Prussian’ Quartets – his final statements in the genre, written for amateur cellist King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia and thus featuring unusually ...
String Quartet No. 21 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Emerson Quartet String Quartet No. 22 Emerson Quartet Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer String Quartet No. 23 Emerson Quartet Wolfgang Amadeus ...
Mozart’s autograph manuscripts reveal he prioritised the practical considerations of performance over compositional authority, according to a musicologist from the University of Sheffield. Mozart’s ...
Mozart’s chamber music and piano works reveal the composer at his most intimate. Spanning all of his short life, they encompass a wide spectrum of emotion, from innocence and fun to a dramatic power ...
Mozart is well known for his exploits in the fields of opera, symphony, concerto, mass, chamber and solo music – in fact, just about any classical discipline available at the time was mastered by him, ...
The Music: If Mozart’s ‘Haydn’ Quartets (Nos. 14-19) embrace some of his most striking invention, the ‘Prussian’ Quartets (Nos. 21-23) are supreme masterworks of sublime poetic inevitability. The ...
When I first heard the Verus String Quartet, it was at the ARD International Music Competition in 2008, where the then-two year old ensemble had impressed me throughout – especially with their ...