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Apotheosis, Vol. 2: Mozart Piano Quartets / Yang, Alexander String Quartet
Foghorn Classics

Apotheosis, Vol. 2: Mozart Piano Quartets / Yang, Alexander String Quartet

$18.99

Details

Composer
MOZART, W.A.
Artist
Yang
Format
CD
Label
Foghorn Classics
Released
Jul 27, 2018
Catalog #
FCL2018
UPC
700871201826

About

Maintaining focus on Mozart’s last years, members of the Alexander String Quartet join with electrifying and much-lauded pianist Joyce Yang on this recording of the two piano quartets. This is the second of a three-volume set which will include many of Mozart’s great chamber works from that period. Eric Bromberger’s liner notes contextualize these works within the canon: “Some have claimed that Mozart invented the piano quartet, but he did not. Other composers- including the fourteen year old Beethoven- had written quartets for piano and strings earlier, but Mozart was the first to face squarely the challenges of this difficult form, and he wrote the first two great piano quartets.” Now in its 37th season, the Alexander String Quartet’s discography includes major cycles by Bartok, Kodaly, Mozart, Shostakovich, and Beethoven. ASQ is also an important advocate of new music, with over 35 commissions and premieres. In addition to extensive concertizing on five continents, the quartet is on the faculty of San Francisco State University where they direct the Instructional Program of the Morrison Chamber Music Center. They have been feted as Ensemble in Residence with San Francisco Performances for more than a quartet century and at the Mondavi Center at UC Davis for 15 years.

Tracklist 6 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 15:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    15:00
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Joyce Yang
    Ensemble
    Alexander String Quartet
  2. 2 II. Andante 07:55
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    07:55
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Joyce Yang
    Ensemble
    Alexander String Quartet
  3. 3 III. Rondo: Allegro moderato 08:06
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro moderato
    Duration
    08:06
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Joyce Yang
    Ensemble
    Alexander String Quartet
  4. 4 I. Allegro 10:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    10:18
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Joyce Yang
    Ensemble
    Alexander String Quartet
  5. 5 II. Larghetto 13:46
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    13:46
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Joyce Yang
    Ensemble
    Alexander String Quartet
  6. 6 III. Allegretto 09:04
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    09:04
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Joyce Yang
    Ensemble
    Alexander String Quartet