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The Ebène Quartet's fourth Virgin Classics release brings works that lie close to the origins of string-quartet writing – Mozart's so-called "Haydn Quartets?. “It's such amazing music, so rich and filled with such subtlety; completely unpretentious, yet of such genius,” says the Ebène?s first violin, Pierre Colombet.
After their multi-award-winning Virgin Classics debut with a CD of Debussy, Ravel and Fauré, a program of Brahms, and the pop-jazz collection "Fictions?, the members of the Ebène Quartet turn to works that lie close to the very origins of string-quartet writing – Mozart?s so-called „Haydn Quartets?.
Composed in 1785, the set of six quartets was dedicated by
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Mozart to his friend and mentor Haydn, the acknowledged "father? of the string quartet. The most famous of the set is the quartet in C major, KV 465, the "Dissonance?. It opens with a mysterious introduction, with layered harmonies creating the dissonance that gives the quartet its distinctive nickname. It is coupled with the quartet in D minor, KV 421 (another of the "Haydn" Quartets) and the Divertimento in F major KV 138, written when Mozart was a teenager.
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Works on This Recording
Sound Samples
String Quartet No.15 in D Minor KV421: Allegro moderato
String Quartet No.15 in D Minor KV421: Andante
String Quartet No.15 in D Minor KV421: Menuetto & Trio
String Quartet No.15 in D Minor KV421: Allegretto ma non troppo
Divertimento in F Major KV 138: I. Allegro
Divertimento in F Major KV 138: II. Andante
Divertimento in F Major KV 138: III. Presto
String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, KV 465, 'Dissonance': I. Adagio - Allegro: Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, KV 465, 'Dissonance': I. Adagio - Allegro
String Quartet No.19 in C Major KV465 'Dissonance': II. Andante cantabile
String Quartet No.19 in C Major KV465 'Dissonance': III. Menuetto (Allegretto) & Trio
String Quartet No.19 in C Major KV465 'Dissonance': IV. Allegro molto
Divertimento in D Major KV136: III Presto
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