Britain's Chilingirian Quartet, with the addition of second violist Yuko Inoue, here offers distinctive interpretations of two Mozart chamber works for which there is no shortage of good recordings. The program, to begin with, is slightly unusual. The String Quintet in G minor, K. 516, is usually joined with its natural partner, the sunnier and rather symphonic String Quintet in C major, K. 515, but the Chilingirian opts instead for the String Quintet in C minor, K. 406, another tragic work. The C minor quintet was arranged ...
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Britain's Chilingirian Quartet, with the addition of second violist Yuko Inoue, here offers distinctive interpretations of two Mozart chamber works for which there is no shortage of good recordings. The program, to begin with, is slightly unusual. The String Quintet in G minor, K. 516, is usually joined with its natural partner, the sunnier and rather symphonic String Quintet in C major, K. 515, but the Chilingirian opts instead for the String Quintet in C minor, K. 406, another tragic work. The C minor quintet was arranged by Mozart himself from the Serenade for winds in C minor, K. 388, and intended as part of a set of three quintets to include the C major work. The result here is an hour of intensely dark Mozart, but the Chilingirian reins in the frantic quality so often given to these works. It manages the considerable feat of generating highly emotional performances without recourse to making the music sound like Schumann. Hear the very beginning of the K. 516 quintet, with its almost halting...
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