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Mozart and Haydn String Quartets

The Engeg氓rd Quartet plays Mozart's Quartet in C, K 465, 'Dissonance', and Quatuor Voce play Mozart's Quartet in A, K 464 and Haydn's Quartet No 62 in C, Op 76 No 3, 'Emperor'.

Recorded live at LSO St Luke's in April and May two internationally renowned string quartets, the Norwegian Engeg氓rd Quartet and Quatuor Voce from France, play classics of the repertoire by Haydn and Mozart.

Mozart鈥檚 String Quartets K 464 and K 465 are the final two of a set of six dedicated to Haydn after Mozart had studied and been deeply impressed by Haydn鈥檚 groundbreaking Op. 33 Quartets. The 鈥淒issonance鈥� Quartet got its moniker from its famous bleak opening, where unresolved harmonic clashes sound as each instrument enters.

The 鈥淓mperor鈥� Quartet is from Haydn鈥檚 last complete set of String Quartets. In the late 1790s the Haydn was acknowledged as Europe鈥檚 greatest living composer, father of the String Quartet and the Symphony, with the newly written and hugely popular oratorio The Creation storming the Continent. The Quartet gets its nickname from the tune used in the second movement, a self-quotation of an anthem written for the Austrian emperor Franz II which eventually became the national anthem of Austria-Hungary and then Germany.

Presented by Tom Service.

Mozart: String Quartet in C, K 465 鈥淒issonance鈥�
Engeg氓rd Quartet
Mozart: String Quartet in A, K 464
Haydn: String Quartet No 62 in C, Op 76 No 3 鈥淓mperor鈥�
Quatuor Voce

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartet In C Major K.465 (Dissonance)

    Ensemble: Engeg氓rdkvartetten.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Quintet In E Flat Major

    Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe Wind Soloists.
    • Beethoven: Chamber Music for Winds.
    • COE Records.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartet In A Major K.464

    Ensemble: Quatuor Voce.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Quartet In C Major Op.76 No.3 (Emperor)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Voce.

  • Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier

    In obitum augustissimae

    Choir: Choeur de Chambre de Namur. Singer: Bernadette Degelin. Singer: Diane Verdoodt. Singer: Marina Smolders. Singer: Howard Crook. Singer: Zeger Vandersteene. Singer: Kurt Widmer. Conductor: Louis Devos. Orchestra: Musica Polyphonica.
    • Charpentier: Musique pour les fun茅railles de la Reine Marie-Th茅r猫se.
    • Erato.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Mon 20 May 2024 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3