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Mozart: 6 String Quintets on Historical Instruments

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Details

Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Artist
Spunicunifait
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Nov 28, 2025
Catalog #
ALPHA1137
UPC
3701624511374

About

Spunicunifait is the curious name adopted by a group of five musicians, all of whom have a great deal of experience in chamber music as well as in prestigious orchestras such as the Chamber Orchestra of Europe; they have founded this ensemble to be able to devote themselves to the in-depth study and period instrument performance of Mozart's six string quintets. Their choice of a name is also a trifle facetious, copying the example set by Mozart in a letter to his cousin Maria Anna Thekla Mozart in which he wrote the three mysterious words "Spuni Cuni fait"; these could mean spun or woven / coney or rabbit / and "made," the past participle of the French verb faire: to make: something woven from rabbit skin, like the shawl his beloved cousin Basle wore in a self-portrait.

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegro moderato 09:23
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    09:23
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  3. 2 II. Adagio 07:36
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    07:36
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  4. 3 III. Menuetto ma allegro 03:57
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuetto ma allegro
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  5. 4 IV. Allegro 06:23
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    06:23
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  6. 5 I. Larghetto 10:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Larghetto
    Duration
    10:10
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  7. 6 II. Adagio 06:15
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    06:15
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  8. 7 III. Menuetto: Allegretto 05:26
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  9. 8 IV. Allegro 05:17
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    05:17
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  10. 9 String Quintet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, K. 174: IV. Allegro (sketch version) 05:55
    Track
    9
    Title
    String Quintet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, K. 174: IV. Allegro (sketch version)
    Duration
    05:55
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  11. Disc 2
  12. 1 I. Allegro 13:26
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    13:26
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  13. 2 II. Menuetto: Allegretto 05:43
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Menuetto: Allegretto
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  14. 3 III. Andante 08:18
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    08:18
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  15. 4 IV. Allegro 08:11
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    08:11
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  16. 5 I. Allegro 11:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    11:22
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  17. 6 II. Menuetto 04:49
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Menuetto
    Duration
    04:49
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  18. 7 III. Adagio ma non troppo 07:05
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Adagio ma non troppo
    Duration
    07:05
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  19. 8 IV. Adagio - Allegro 10:27
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Adagio - Allegro
    Duration
    10:27
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  20. Disc 3
  21. 1 I. Allegro 08:37
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:37
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  22. 2 II. Andante 03:41
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  23. 3 III. Minuetto in canone - Trio al rovescio 03:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Minuetto in canone - Trio al rovescio
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  24. 4 IV. Allegro 06:48
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    06:48
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  25. 5 I. Allegretto di molto 07:54
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegretto di molto
    Duration
    07:54
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  26. 6 II. Andante 07:39
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    07:39
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  27. 7 III. Menuetto: Allegretto 03:55
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait
  28. 8 IV. Allegro 06:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    06:00
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Spunicunifait