Mozart String Quartets Vol.IV

Instrumentation: 2 Violins, Viola and Cello

String Quartet ("Hoffmeister") D major K.499

String Quartet ("Prussian") D major K.575

String Quartet ("Prussian") B flat major K.589

String Quartet ("Prussian") F major K.590

Finally, the time has come: over the next few years all of Mozart’s 26 string quartets will be published by Henle in an Urtext edition of both score and parts. All previous editions have left much to be desired, for example as concerns the correct placement of dynamic markings. Our edition, made with the artistic collaboration of the Armida Quartet, draws upon the large body of modern knowledge concerning Mozart philology and performance practice. We begin with what are, chronologically speaking, the final four quartets: the so-called “Hoffmeister” Quartet, K. 499, and the three “Prussian” Quartets K. 575, 589 and 590. It is possible that the impulse behind the composition of these last three works was the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm II, who was an excellent cellist. Modern cellists will find many beautiful melodies to enjoy in them.

작곡가 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus(1756-1791)

에디터 Wolf-Dieter Seiffert

Brahms String Quartet Op.51 No.1 in C minor / No.2 in A minor

Schubert String Quartet "Rosamunde" D 804 and "Quartettsatz" D 703

Haydn Stirng Quartet in Bb Major Op.76 No.4 `일출` (Aurore-Quartett)