Mozart: Quintets / Hough, Frost, Vlatkovic, Imai, Villa Musica Ensemble, Orlando Quartet

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BIS
Release Date
September 9, 2014
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Orlando Quartet, Vertavo Quartet, Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, Ensemble Vil
    • PERFORMER
      Imai, Frost, Hough
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 09, 2014
    • UPC
      7318590090466
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-CD-9046
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      4
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    2. II. Adagio

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    3. III. Menuetto ma allegretto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    4. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    5. I. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    6. II. Andante

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    7. III. Minuetto in canone - Trio al rovescio

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    8. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    9. I. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    10. II. Andante

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    11. III. Menuetto. Allegretto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    12. IV. (Allegro)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    13. I. Larghetto - Allegro - Larghetto - Tempo I (Allegro)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    14. II. Adagio

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    15. III. Menuetto. Allegretto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    16. IV. Finale. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    17. I. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    18. II. Menuetto. Allegretto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    19. III. Adagio ma non troppo

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    20. IV. Adagio

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    21. V. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    22. I. Allegro di molto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    23. II. Andante

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    24. III. Menuetto. Allegretto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    25. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orlando Quartet

      Performer: Nobuko Imai

    26. I. Largo - Allegro moderato

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    27. II. Larghetto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    28. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin

      Performer: Stephen Hough

    29. I. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Vertavo String Quartet

      Performer: Martin Fröst

    30. II. Larghetto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Vertavo String Quartet

      Performer: Martin Fröst

    31. III. Menuetto - Trio I - Trio II

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Vertavo String Quartet

      Performer: Martin Fröst

    32. IV. Allegretto con Variazioni

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Vertavo String Quartet

      Performer: Martin Fröst

    33. I. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Villa Musica Ensemble

    34. II. Andante

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Villa Musica Ensemble

    35. III. Rondeau: Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Villa Musica Ensemble


Mozart's string quintets, and particularly the last four (K 515, K 516, K 593 and K 614) are often cited as being among the finest examples of his chamber music. The musicologist Charles Rosen has drawn attention to the fact that the quintets always appeared shortly after the completion of a series of quartets, as if the medium represented a more ideal and final realisation of the composer’s musical thoughts. It is not, however, a question of quartets with a fifth, ‘extra’ part. Even the early K174 possesses a striking complexity, and as a group the quintets employ a great variety of textures: dialogues between two instruments with three-part accompaniment from the others, the alternation of two string trios (two violins and viola or two violas and cello), or violin duets, alongside viola duets, accompanied by the cello. The performances of these intricate masterworks by the Orlando Quartet and Nobuko Imai, have been highly regarded ever since their original releases and were for instance described as 'magisterial and gripping' on AllMusic.com. They now appear in this box set, accompanied by a fourth disc which brings together three further Mozart quintets for varying constellations: the charming Horn Quintet from 1782, the extraordinary Clarinet Quintet from seven years later and the Quintet for piano and winds which Mozart in a letter to his father in 1784 described as 'the best thing I have written so far'. Performing these works here are eminent musicians including Radovan Vlatkovic, Martin Fröst and Stephen Hough.