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Quartuor Mosaiques

Posted: Sunday | 12.04.11

Quatuor Mosaïques

Materpieces for string quatet, performed by a group of performance masters:

Beethoven:

• String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1

• String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4

Haydn:

• String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 1 in G major

• String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 2 in F major

Mendelssohn:

• String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 12

• String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13

Mozart:

• String Quartet No. 18 in A Major, K464 ‘Drum’

• String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K465 ‘Dissonance’

Schubert:

• Sehnsucht D879

• String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D804 ‘Rosamunde’

• Performed by the Quatuor Mosaïques

The members of the quartet are:
• Erich Höbarth ; violin; J. Guarnerius filius Andreae, Cremona 1705
• Andrea Bischof ; violin, 18th century French
• Anita Mitterer; viola; Girolamo Devirchis, Brescia 1588
• Christophe Coin, Cello; C.A. Testore, Milano 1758)

In the past I felt that the Hagen quartet of Salzburg, Austria, was the #1 chamber music group on this planet. After hearing this group, I found that the Hagen has a terrific competitor.

The Quatuor Mosaïques delivers wonderful, sonorous, balanced, and matched sounds of the great chamber music masters! It is a rich, delicate and satisfying experience to hear these musician perform.

There are 5 CD’s in this collection; Release date: 21st Nov 2011

Here is music by Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D Minor “Fifths” performed by Quartuor Mosaiques

Tags: Quatuor Mosaïques, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven