Release Date: 06 April 2018
Label: Tacet
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 3
Barcode: 4009850097204
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
The 3 CD box of W. A. Mozart's 6 string quintets (TACET 217) has gained a companion set in this box set of the Mozart's 6 "Haydn-Quartets" performed by the Auryn Quartet.
One would question if recordings of string quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart without historical performance practice are possible as there is likely no serious classical musician who has entirely escaped its influence in some shape or form. The Auryn Quartet is also subject to these influences. If, despite this, their performances seem conventional, then it's deceptive as their playing style is no longer conventional when seen in the light of modern performance practice. They refer back to a playing style that could be termed "historical" in a wholly different way, namely that of a musical generation that has now died out.
The Auryn Quartet's role models and teachers were the Amadeus Quartet and the Guarnieri Quartet. The members of the Auryn Quartet were musically "socialised" in a different era to younger musicians and they choose not to discard the aesthetic sensibilities acquired in their youth. They love the beautiful "old" string sound and keep this tradition alive, but with the diligence expected of today's musicians. The result is timelessly beautiful music. The new recording of the 6 "Haydn Quartets" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart provides an impressive example of this.
Tracklisting
Concerto Budapest, Andras Keller
Christoph Ullrich
Ensemble Peregrina, Agnieszka Budzinska-Bennett
Concerto Budapest, Andras Keller
Concerto Budapest, Andras Keller
Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Wojciech Rajski
Dirk Altmann, Kei Shirai, Masato Suzuki & Ludwig Chamber Players
Concerto Budapest & Andras Keller
Auryn Quartet
Auryn Quartet
Auryn Quartet, Nobuko Imai
Auryn Quartet, Roger Hanschel
Auryn Quartet, Nobuko Imai
Auryn Quartet, Nobuko Imai
Auryn Quartet
