Mozart: Piano Quartets, K. 478 & 493 Quartetto Avos - Mozart Piano Quartets
Album info
Album-Release:
2014
HRA-Release:
28.08.2014
Label: OnClassical
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Artist: Quartetto Avos - Mozart Piano Quartets, K. 478 and 493
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Album including Album cover
- 1I. Allegro11:08
- 2II. Andante07:27
- 3III. Rondo: Allegro moderato08:15
- 4I. Allegro10:45
- 5II. Larghetto13:15
- 6III. Allegretto09:09
Info for Mozart: Piano Quartets, K. 478 & 493
Mozart received a commission for three quartets in 1785 from the publisher Franz Anton Hoffmeister. Hofmeister's fear that the work was too difficult for amateurs so he released Mozart from the obligation of completing the set. Nine months later, Mozart composed a second quartet. Those are the Piano Quartets KV 478 in G minor and KV 493 in E-flat major.
At the time the piece was written, the harpsichord was still widely used. Although the piece was originally published with the title 'Quatuor pour le Clavecin ou Forte Piano, Violon, Tallie [sic] et Basse,' stylistic evidence suggests Mozart intended the piano part for 'the 'Viennese' fortepiano of the period' and that our modern piano is 'a perfectly acceptable alternative.'
This is the second recording by the Avos ensemble released for OnClassical. Engineer Alessandro Simonetto took advantage from the full range of Neumann's microphones for obtaining a recording particularly clean and enjoyable to the ear.
Quartetto Avos Ensemble
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