The Quatuor Voce, after fifteen years together, still cherishes the moment of performing live, valuing the vitality of creation that happens in front of an audience.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded from a mix of live concerts and private sessions over three days in January 2019, which was a new experience for the Quatuor Voce.
Compositional Technique
Mozart's Quartet K. 421 is the only one in a minor key among his set of six quartets dedicated to Haydn, sharing the tragic D minor tonality with his later works like Don Giovanni and the Requiem.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Mozart referred to his quartets as his 'children' in an elegant dedication, highlighting the 'long and laborious effort' required to create them.
Compositional Technique
Schubert's G major quartet is notable for its monumental proportions, lasting about fifty minutes, with its first movement often exceeding twenty minutes.
Composition History
Schubert's fifteenth and last Quartet in G, D. 887, was composed in a remarkably brief ten days in June 1826, but remained unpublished until 1851, many years after his death.
Composition History
Mozart's six magnificent quartets, including K. 421 on this album, were composed between 1782 and 1785 and explicitly used Haydn's Op. 33 'Russian Quartets' as a prototype.
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