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

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Composer
MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS
Artist
Imai, Frost, Hough
Format
CD
Label
BIS
Released
Sep 09, 2014
Catalog #
BIS-CD-9046
UPC
7318590090466

About

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.

Tracklist 35 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegro moderato 12:28
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    12:28
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  3. 2 II. Adagio 12:00
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    12:00
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  4. 3 III. Menuetto ma allegretto 04:58
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuetto ma allegretto
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  5. 4 IV. Allegro 08:37
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    08:37
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  6. 5 I. Allegro 12:08
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    12:08
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  7. 6 II. Andante 04:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  8. 7 III. Minuetto in canone - Trio al rovescio 04:42
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Minuetto in canone - Trio al rovescio
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  9. 8 IV. Allegro 06:47
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    06:47
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  10. Disc 2
  11. 1 I. Allegro 13:50
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    13:50
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  12. 2 II. Andante 09:30
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    09:30
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  13. 3 III. Menuetto. Allegretto 05:48
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuetto. Allegretto
    Duration
    05:48
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  14. 4 IV. (Allegro) 07:02
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. (Allegro)
    Duration
    07:02
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  15. 5 I. Larghetto - Allegro - Larghetto - Tempo I (Allegro) 12:12
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Larghetto - Allegro - Larghetto - Tempo I (Allegro)
    Duration
    12:12
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  16. 6 II. Adagio 07:29
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    07:29
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  17. 7 III. Menuetto. Allegretto 05:43
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Menuetto. Allegretto
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  18. 8 IV. Finale. Allegro 07:54
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Finale. Allegro
    Duration
    07:54
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  19. Disc 3
  20. 1 I. Allegro 15:42
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    15:42
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  21. 2 II. Menuetto. Allegretto 05:29
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Menuetto. Allegretto
    Duration
    05:29
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  22. 3 III. Adagio ma non troppo 08:56
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio ma non troppo
    Duration
    08:56
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  23. 4 IV. Adagio 02:50
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Adagio
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  24. 5 V. Allegro 07:45
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Allegro
    Duration
    07:45
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  25. 6 I. Allegro di molto 11:15
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allegro di molto
    Duration
    11:15
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  26. 7 II. Andante 07:33
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    07:33
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  27. 8 III. Menuetto. Allegretto 04:22
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Menuetto. Allegretto
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  28. 9 IV. Allegro 05:10
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Nobuko Imai
    Ensemble
    Orlando Quartet
  29. Disc 4
  30. 1 I. Largo - Allegro moderato 10:08
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Largo - Allegro moderato
    Duration
    10:08
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
    Ensemble
    Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin
  31. 2 II. Larghetto 08:44
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    08:44
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
    Ensemble
    Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin
  32. 3 III. Allegretto 05:35
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Stephen Hough
    Ensemble
    Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin
  33. 4 I. Allegro 13:09
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    13:09
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Martin Fröst
    Ensemble
    Vertavo String Quartet
  34. 5 II. Larghetto 06:26
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    06:26
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Martin Fröst
    Ensemble
    Vertavo String Quartet
  35. 6 III. Menuetto - Trio I - Trio II 06:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Menuetto - Trio I - Trio II
    Duration
    06:58
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Martin Fröst
    Ensemble
    Vertavo String Quartet
  36. 7 IV. Allegretto con Variazioni 09:22
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Allegretto con Variazioni
    Duration
    09:22
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Martin Fröst
    Ensemble
    Vertavo String Quartet
  37. 8 I. Allegro 08:42
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:42
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Villa Musica Ensemble
  38. 9 II. Andante 05:09
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Villa Musica Ensemble
  39. 10 III. Rondeau: Allegro 03:56
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Rondeau: Allegro
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Villa Musica Ensemble