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Mozart: The String Quintets / Schoneweg, Klenke Quartet
Accentus Music

Mozart: The String Quintets / Schoneweg, Klenke Quartet

$36.99

Details

Composer
MOZART, W.A.
Artist
Schoneweg
Format
CD
Label
Accentus Music
Released
Dec 14, 2018
Catalog #
ACC80467
UPC
4260234831702

About

On this new release, The Klenke Quartett, who are well-versed in the performance of Mozart, present the Mozart’s String Quartets Nos. 1-6. The Klenke Quartett, based in Berlin and Thuringia, was founded in 1991 at the Musikhochschule Weimar. Since then, and still in its original formation, it enriches the concert life “as one of the most distinguished European ensembles.” (Gewandhausmagazin) The immediate response of the musical world to the Klenke Quartett’s performances and recordings of Mozart’s string quartets was one of acclaim and superlatives. In the view of the music magazine Rondo: “With their precise, controlled, and masterly grasp of the music, the four women of Weimar moved international critics to a storm of enthusiasm.” And Deutschland Radio exclaimed: “They are four equally talented musicians, who interact in the most marvelous, indeed, most exquisite fashion.”

REVIEW:

The Klenke Quartett’s new 3-disc set of Mozart’s complete string quintets (with guest violist Harald Schoneweg) constitutes a welcome return for the group to the music of Mozart. This new release shows some familiar strengths: a fine ensemble sound, careful but not over-precise, with enough character to set these performances apart even from such well-known groups as the Amadeus Quartet with Cecil Aronowitz or the Guarneri Quartet with Michael Tree, both of which I find just a bit superficial. My gold standard for these great works has always been the 1973 Philips set with Arthur Grumiaux and four other very fine instrumentalists (or, as they say in the Season One Gilligan’s Island theme song: “and the rest”). Of course, this new recording comes from a completely different tradition of playing, more historically informed and without the fine Corinthian leather upholstery of earlier days, but it has the same high standard of musicianship and not-too-careful tightrope-walks between dancing joy and intense despair. The Accentus engineers provide a surprisingly big, resonant space which matches well with the big sound of these fine string players. This is a more than just an enjoyable release; it’s a profound experience.

– Music for Several Instruments

Tracklist 24 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegro moderato 09:09
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    09:09
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  3. 2 II. Adagio 06:57
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    06:57
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  4. 3 III. Menuetto 03:27
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuetto
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  5. 4 IV. Allegro 05:53
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  6. 5 I. Allegro 13:17
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    13:17
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  7. 6 II. Menuetto: Allegretto 05:47
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Menuetto: Allegretto
    Duration
    05:47
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  8. 7 III. Andante 08:15
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    08:15
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  9. 8 IV. Allegro 07:25
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    07:25
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  10. Disc 2
  11. 1 I. Allegro 10:56
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    10:56
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  12. 2 II. Menuetto 05:12
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Menuetto
    Duration
    05:12
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  13. 3 III. Adagio ma non troppo 08:04
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio ma non troppo
    Duration
    08:04
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  14. 4 IV. Adagio - Allegro 10:11
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Adagio - Allegro
    Duration
    10:11
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  15. 5 I. Allegro 08:12
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:12
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  16. 6 II. Andante 03:27
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  17. 7 III. Menuetto in canone - Trio al rovescio 04:15
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Menuetto in canone - Trio al rovescio
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  18. 8 IV. Allegro 06:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    06:10
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  19. Disc 3
  20. 1 I. Larghetto - Allegro 09:08
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Larghetto - Allegro
    Duration
    09:08
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  21. 2 II. Adagio 05:58
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    05:58
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  22. 3 III. Menuetto: Allegretto 04:52
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  23. 4 IV. Allegro 05:19
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    05:19
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  24. 5 I. Allegretto di molto 07:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegretto di molto
    Duration
    07:35
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  25. 6 II. Andante 06:19
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    06:19
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  26. 7 III. Menuetto: Allegretto 03:57
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet
  27. 8 IV. Allegro 05:35
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Harald Schoneweg
    Ensemble
    Klenke Quartet