The Nash Ensemble plays all six of Mozart's string quintets here – the early B flat work K174, and the C minor quintet K406 that was a commercial arrangement of the wind serenade in the same key, form ...

101 Mozart, W.A.: String Quintet in C Major, K. 515: Allegro / Viola 102 Mozart, W.A.: String Quintet in C Major, K. 515: Menuetto: Allegretto / Viola 103 Mozart, W.A ...

Mozart’s most famous quintets conclude a sequence of four instrumental works from the winter and spring of 1786 87 whose first movements, at least, are on an unprecedentedly monumental scale: the ...

Mozart wrote his first string quintet at the age of 17, choosing to add a second viola to the string quartet (the viola was an instrument he took a particular delight in playing). But, apart from ...

String Quintet No. 4 Adrien La Marca, Viola Quatuor Van Kuijk 'He commands light and shade’, wrote Busoni about Mozart, ‘but his light never blinds, and his darkness still shows clear outlines.’ If ...

The Alessandro Scarlatti Association, chaired by Oreste de Divitiis, announces the return to Naples of the prestigious Gringolts Quartet for the second and final event dedicated to the complete string ...

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Max Bruch's String Quintet in E flat was one of three major works composed in the years before his death in 1920. It was not performed until 2008, and this is its first recording. Bruch uses Mozart's ...

A concert featuring two of Mozart's string quintets is coming up in Worcester. The Worcester Concert Club is hosting the show at Huntingdon Hall on Sunday, January 26, from 3pm. The Musical and ...

One hopes that the people around and about Mozart realised just how remarkable a composer and performer he really was, although much of the evidence from the time suggests that many failed to spot it.