Though not an especially popular genre at the time, Mozart turned to the string quintet (in its two-viola guise, unlike Boccherini's fondness for two cellos) at three distinct points in his career. The earliest, K. 174, stems from 1773 during Mozart's time in Vienna. More than a decade and a half passed before K. 515 and 516 were produced following the success of the six "Haydn" quartets and the K. 499 Quartet. The final pair of original quintets (K. 593 and 614) came just before the end of Mozart's life, with K. 614 being ...
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Though not an especially popular genre at the time, Mozart turned to the string quintet (in its two-viola guise, unlike Boccherini's fondness for two cellos) at three distinct points in his career. The earliest, K. 174, stems from 1773 during Mozart's time in Vienna. More than a decade and a half passed before K. 515 and 516 were produced following the success of the six "Haydn" quartets and the K. 499 Quartet. The final pair of original quintets (K. 593 and 614) came just before the end of Mozart's life, with K. 614 being the last piece of chamber music he was to complete. There is also the K. 406 Quintet, a transcription of the C minor Wind Quintet. Mozart's fondness for the viola can be heard throughout these works, both in his use of the viola as a solo instrument to carry to the solo line and as an active, vigorous accompanying instrument. This Hyperion album features the Nash Ensemble joined by violist Philip Dukes. Regrettably, this is not one of the Nash Ensemble's finer showings. Despite all...
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