Chamber, Quintets, String Quintets, Mozart (composer)
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Special offer. Mozart: String Quintets K515 & K516
RecommendedQuatuor Ebène, Antoine Tamestit (viola)
The performances on this new release are as accomplished as we would expect from players of this calibre. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2023, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Building A Library, January 2024, Recommended Recording (String Quintet No. 3)
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Winners, Winner - Chamber
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The performances of the four original works (the last two, written in 1790 and 1791, look forward to Beethoven and pay homage to Haydn) are magnificently played throughout — conversational,... —
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Special offer. Mozart: The Complete String Quintets
RecommendedArpad Gérecz (violin) & Max Lesueur (viola)
Grumiaux Trio
Of the six works Mozart wrote for string quintet, that in B flat major, K174, is an early composition, written at the age of 17. It's a well-made, enjoyable work, but not a great deal more than... —
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Building a Library, February 2005, First Choice
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Building a Library, February 2013, First Choice
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Further volumes are promised, which are sure to form an intriguing cycle. —
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Special offer. Mozart: Complete Quintets Vol. 2
RecommendedArthur Grumiaux (violin), Arpad Gérecz, Georges Janzer (viola), Max Lesueur (viola), Eva Czako (cello), Quartetto Italiano, Bruno Hoffman (glass harmonica), Aurèle Nicolet, Heinz Holliger (oboe), Karl Schouten (viola), Jean Decroos (cello), Jack Brymer (clarinet), Allegri Quartet
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Building a Library, February 2005, First Choice
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the Adagio at the start of the Finale, one of Mozart’s finest inspirations, is very sensitively done; and the players move pleasingly into the ‘boys and girls come out to play’ Allegro. —
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Record Review, 19th January 2019, Disc of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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Spunicunifait (their name taken from a nonsense word used by Mozart) perform these six quintets with flexibility and easy athleticism —
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These are magnificent performances, intimate, beautifully nuanced and captured in a warm, clear acoustic that suits the music very well. —
