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String Quartets (Coll)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Amadeus Quartet
String Quartets (Coll)
Genre: Classical
 
  •  Track Listings (19) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (20) - Disc #2
  •  Track Listings (12) - Disc #3
  •  Track Listings (14) - Disc #4
  •  Track Listings (15) - Disc #5
  •  Track Listings (15) - Disc #6

This 6-CD set captures the Amadeus Quartet (with a 40-year career of playing together) in recordings of all of Mozart's 23 string quartets. Additional Divertimentos are included.

     
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All Artists: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Amadeus Quartet
Title: String Quartets (Coll)
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Original Release Date: 1/1/2010
Re-Release Date: 3/30/2010
Genre: Classical
Styles: Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 6
SwapaCD Credits: 6
UPC: 028947786801

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This 6-CD set captures the Amadeus Quartet (with a 40-year career of playing together) in recordings of all of Mozart's 23 string quartets. Additional Divertimentos are included.

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The Complete Mozart String Quartets by the Amadeus...
S�bastien Melmoth | H�tel d'Alsace, PARIS | 06/25/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)

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It seems Mozart was intrigued by the delicacy and durability of the genre, for he composed 26 string quartets:



K.80 (G) [`Lodi']

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K.136-38 (D,Bb,F) [`Divertimenti']

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K.155-60 (D,G,C,F,Bb,Eb) [`Italian']

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K.168-73 (F,A,C,Eb,Bb,d) [`Viennese']

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K.387,421,428,458,464-65 (G,d,Eb,Bb,A,C) [`Haydn']

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K.499 (D) [`Hoffmeister']

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K.575,589-90 (D,Bb,F) [`Prussian'].



This 6CD set is a compilation comprised of recordings made by the Amadeus Quartet, 1963-76.

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Mozart: The Complete Piano Sonatas; Fantasias, K397 & K475

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