Haydn/ Mozart: String Quartets (Emperor Quartet/ C Major Quartet) (ICA Classics: ICAD 5056)

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Founded in 1947, the Amadeus Quartet dominated the British chamber music scene for over 40 years. The quartet was renowned for its impeccable ensemble playing as well as sensitive interpretation, making over 200 recordings during their four decades together, which ended with Peter Schidlofs death in 1987 just four years after the Royal Opera House performance on this DVD. The quartets Wigmore Hall debut in 1948 was sold out with hundreds turned away at the door. Particularly well known for performances of the Viennese Classics, the ensembles core repertoire included all three works on this DVD, performed here with great warmth and exuberance. Norbert Brainins standard answer to how the Amadeus Quartet was able to reach such great mastery of interpretation was that they simply listened into the music again and again. The Penguin Guide praises the quartets DG recording of the later Haydn quartets as bright and truthful with a warm acoustic and plenty of presence outstanding. All four members were awarded an OBE, the German Great Cross of Merit, and the Austrian Cross of Honour for Arts and Sciences.

REVIEW
High-powered, boldly etched,larger than life, inpassioned 1980's performances of the Emporer and Dissonance quartets,coupled with Mozart's K428(recorded 1962) Performance *** Picture & Sound *** --BBC Music Magazine, Sept'12

Actors: Amadeus Quartet, Norbert Brainin, Siegmund Nissel, Peter Schidlof, Martin Lovett

Audio Languages: English

Duration: 75 minutes

Language: English

Number of Discs: 1

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