Sudden fortes are often attacked with considerable force, contrasting with extremely delicate quiet passages.
Notably fast Andantes and finales that often "tear away" at top speed.
Mozart's very first quartet, featuring a prominent Rondeau finale.
Often called the "Salzburg Symphonies," these are performed with a focus on lightness and agility. Mozart: Early QuartetsCuarteto Casals - Classics Today
report on Mozart's Early String Quartets (Harmonia Mundi) is a comprehensive recording project that captures the composer's formative years in the genre, specifically works written between 1770 and 1773. Album Overview Release Date: October 27, 2005. Label: Harmonia Mundi (Catalogue No. HMI 987060.62).
Reviewers from Gramophone praised the quartet's ability to adapt their style to the teenage Mozart, highlighting the "unusual musical insight" and lack of sentimentality.
Critics at Classics Today were much harsher, describing the approach as having "clunky phrasing" and "minimal vibrato" that made for a "real chore" to hear, particularly in the D minor quartet K. 173. Track Highlights Notable Features Quartet No. 1 in G, K. 80
Sudden fortes are often attacked with considerable force, contrasting with extremely delicate quiet passages.
Notably fast Andantes and finales that often "tear away" at top speed. Cuarteto Casals - Mozart - Early String Quartet...
Mozart's very first quartet, featuring a prominent Rondeau finale. Sudden fortes are often attacked with considerable force,
Often called the "Salzburg Symphonies," these are performed with a focus on lightness and agility. Mozart: Early QuartetsCuarteto Casals - Classics Today Often called the "Salzburg Symphonies," these are performed
report on Mozart's Early String Quartets (Harmonia Mundi) is a comprehensive recording project that captures the composer's formative years in the genre, specifically works written between 1770 and 1773. Album Overview Release Date: October 27, 2005. Label: Harmonia Mundi (Catalogue No. HMI 987060.62).
Reviewers from Gramophone praised the quartet's ability to adapt their style to the teenage Mozart, highlighting the "unusual musical insight" and lack of sentimentality.
Critics at Classics Today were much harsher, describing the approach as having "clunky phrasing" and "minimal vibrato" that made for a "real chore" to hear, particularly in the D minor quartet K. 173. Track Highlights Notable Features Quartet No. 1 in G, K. 80