Mozart String Quartets

Armida Quartett - Mozart: String Quartets K. 169, K. 464 & K. 589 (2015) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by SERTiL at May 19, 2017

Armida Quartett - Mozart: String Quartets K. 169, K. 464 & K. 589 (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 70:23 minutes | 1.18 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Every string quartet dreams of having its own Mozart cycle: for its 10th anniversary in 2016, the Armida Quartet plans to perform all 23 works in public. The composer was part of each one of their lives long before the ensemble was formed. Playing in orchestras, in chamber music and in solo recitals, the Armida Quartet’s future members already got to know and love Mozart.

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Prazak Quartet - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartets No.15, K. 421, No. 17, K. 458 The Hunt No.19 K. 465 Dissonance Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Nov. 5, 2022

Prazak Quartet - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartets No.15, K. 421, No. 17, K. 458 The Hunt No.19 K. 465 Dissonance (2007/2021)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:20:16 | 386 / 183 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Praga Digitals

The Prazák Quartet has long distinguished itself with its passionate, nationalistic interpretations of late Romantic composers such as Dvorák, Smetana, and Janácek, as well as insightful and precision playing of composers from the Second Viennese School such as Schoenberg, Webern, and Bern. That this ensemble produces successful, enjoyable recordings of string quartets of the aforementioned composers is not now in question. What is questionable is whether or not the same approach the Prazák uses for Janácek or Schoenberg will produce a convincing recording of the Mozart "Haydn" quartets, and the answer is no. The ensemble's sound throughout this recording is simply too sparse and piercing, particularly in the first violin. The viola and cello sound quite nasal and strained. Much of the time, the approach to the instruments is exceedingly forceful and harsh. When the musicians do finally get around to trying to produce a piano dynamic, their sound appears out of breath, almost as if they have difficulty maintaining contact with the string while playing softly. The superior audio fidelity of this SACD release only heightens listeners' awareness of these shortcomings in sound quality. Gone are traces of elegance, gracefulness, or decorum that many listeners will find intrinsic in enjoyable performances of Mozart.

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Cuarteto Casals - Mozart: String Quartets dedicated to Joseph Haydn (2014) [TR24][OF] Vinyl & HR

Posted by SERTiL at Jan. 23, 2017

When he dedicated a set of six quartets to Haydn in 1785, Mozart was acknowledging the latter's supremacy in this genre. However, Mozart did more than just imitate him; he integrated Haydn's innovations into his own style, thereby producing a new milestone of Viennese Classicism. The three quartets played here by Cuarteto Casals are among Mozart's finest and are truly masterpieces of the genre.

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Engegard Quartet - Mozart: String Quartets - Dedicated to Haydn, Vol. 2 (2021) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Sept. 3, 2021

Engegard Quartet - Mozart: String Quartets - Dedicated to Haydn, Vol. 2 (2021)
FLAC tracks | 1:19:53 | 356 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: LAWO

With this release, the Engegård Quartet completes its recordings of the six string quartets that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dedicated to his paternal friend Joseph Haydn. Written in Vienna in Mozart’s “mature” years - from age 25 until he died 36 years old in 1791 - they are a gift to a friend that hardly has its equal. He worked on them alongside many other works from 1782 to 1785 and proudly presented them to friends and colleagues, often in his own home. His own son believed he would have become immortal had he written nothing else.

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Brentano String Quartet - Mozart: String Quartets Nos. 19 & 16, K. 465 & 428 (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Feb. 2, 2022

Brentano String Quartet - Mozart: String Quartets Nos. 19 & 16, K. 465 & 428 (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 61:07 minutes | 1,08 GB
Classical | Label: Azica Records, Official Digital Download

The Brentano Quartet, in their second release for Azica Records, present the Mozart String Quartets No. 19 in C Major, K. 465, Dissonance, and No. 16 in E Flat Major, K. 428. Since its inception in 1992, the Brentano String Quartet has appeared throughout the world to popular and critical acclaim.

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Quartetto Italiano - Mozart - String Quartets Nos. 14 "Spring" & 15 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/192] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at Feb. 16, 2022

Quartetto Italiano - Mozart - String Quartets Nos. 14 "Spring" & 15 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/192]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 58:29 minutes | 1,15 GB
Classical | Label: Warner Classics, Official Digital Download

“The finest string quartet, unquestionably, that our century has known.” In 1951, when the Quartetto Italiano first visited the USA, composer Virgil Thomson’s was enthused: “Perfection is the only word to describe this playing.” The quartet’s members, who had met while studying in Siena, made their ensemble debut in 1945. They went on to enthral audiences around the world with interpretations of proverbial beauty, insight and architectural elegance.

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Cuarteto Casals - Mozart: String Quartets dedicated to Joseph Haydn K. 421, 458 'Hunt', 464 (2021) [Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Sept. 2, 2021

Cuarteto Casals - Mozart: String Quartets dedicated to Joseph Haydn K. 421, 458 'Hunt', 464 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 83:48 minutes | 1,51 GB
Classical | Label: harmonia mundi, Official Digital Download

After the early quartets and the famous ‘Dissonance’ Quartet, the Cuarteto Casals continues its exploration of the set of works Mozart dedicated to Joseph Haydn. Here one composer took on the mantle of the other: the younger man, who had now settled in Vienna and had just started a family, was going through an exceptional period of creativity, transfiguring everything he touched with his genius. An exhilarating experience for our Catalan musicians, following hard on the heels of their acclaimed Beethoven cycle.

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Cuarteto Casals - Mozart: String Quartets dedicated to Joseph Haydn K. 421, 458 'Hunt', 464 (2021) Music

Posted by delpotro at Sept. 2, 2021

Cuarteto Casals - Mozart: String Quartets dedicated to Joseph Haydn K. 421, 458 'Hunt', 464 (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 374 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 192 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:23:48
Classical | Label: harmonia mundi

After the early quartets and the famous ‘Dissonance’ Quartet, the Cuarteto Casals continues its exploration of the set of works Mozart dedicated to Joseph Haydn. Here one composer took on the mantle of the other: the younger man, who had now settled in Vienna and had just started a family, was going through an exceptional period of creativity, transfiguring everything he touched with his genius. An exhilarating experience for our Catalan musicians, following hard on the heels of their acclaimed Beethoven cycle.

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Quatuor Ébène - Mozart: String Quartets (2011) Music

Posted by tirexiss at April 24, 2025

Quatuor Ébène - Mozart: String Quartets (2011)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 361 MB | 01:11:01
Genre: Classical | Label: Warner Classics

Quatuor Ébène has done it again. After offering not only pristine and passionate performances of Ravel, Debussy, Faure, Brahms and their recent adventure into FICTION they return to the classics. This well recorded (very presence oriented) recital is all Mozart and it is understandable that this brilliant French quartet would elect to publicly cleanse the palette after the foray into music inspired by Hollywood.

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W.A.Mozart - String Quartets K.458 'Hunting' & K.421 - Smetana Quartet Music

Posted by pmarkov at Sept. 26, 2009

The Smetana Quartet was a Czech string quartet that was in existence from 1945 to 1989. The Smetana Quartet arose from the Quartet of the Czech Conservatory, which was founded in 1943 (during the Nazi occupation) in Prague by Antonin Kohout, the cellist. With J. Rybensky and L. Kostecky as first and second violins, and Vaclav Neumann as violist, the group gave its first perfirmance as the Smetana Quartet in November 1945, in Prague. Neumann left to pursue conducting in 1947, at which point Rybensky went to the viola desk and Jiri Novak (who shared first violin desk with Josef Vlach, founder of the Vlach Quartet, under Vaclav Talich in the Czech Chamber Orchestra) came in as first violin...
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