Mozart: String Quintets

Mozart: String Quintets

Extremes of pathos and gemütlichkeit define this classic recording whose tone is set by Norbert Brainin’s often sweet, sometimes ‘pleading’ violin sound. Tempos can be somewhat spacious, but K593 is nervy and decidedly sharply-etched. Paul Riley

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Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:57 pm

COMPOSERS: Mozart
LABELS: DG
ALBUM TITLE: Mozart Quintets
WORKS: String Quintets
PERFORMER: Cecil Aronowitz (viola)
CATALOGUE NO: 477 5346

Extremes of pathos and gemütlichkeit define this classic recording whose tone is set by Norbert Brainin’s often sweet, sometimes ‘pleading’ violin sound. Tempos can be somewhat spacious, but K593 is nervy and decidedly sharply-etched. Paul Riley

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