Mozart’s String Quintet No. 4 is a window into a turbulent moment in his life. Written as he was grieving his father’s death, its dark harmonies and aching melodies speak of loss… until the finale ...

Mozart’s String Quintets have been called his finest chamber music. No. 4 in g-minor is dark and dramatic, full of “inconsolable sorrow,” as Tchaikovsky said, until the music finally breaks out of the ...

Of his six string quintets, it seems that, twice, Mozart wrote two pairs of string quintets (always with a second viola) after writing sets of string quartets. Speculation why typically includes his ...

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 ...

The early string quintets on this program represent the passions of their composers: W. A. Mozart, the avid violist wanting to join the ensemble, and Luigi Boccherini, the premier cello virtuoso of ...