Mozart; Beethoven; Dvorak: String Quintets

Featuring

Arnold Steinhardt
John Dalley
Michael Tree
David Soyer
Julius Levine
Pinchas Zukerman

Walter Trampler
Guarneri Quartet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Antonín Dvořák

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Recording & Production

The recordings for this album were made in New York City across several sessions in 1975 and 1980.

Composition History

Mozart completed his Serenade in G Major, K. 525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' in Vienna on August 10, 1787, while interrupting work on his opera Don Giovanni.

Composition History

Dvořák's String Quintet No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97, was composed in Spillville, Iowa, in 1893, and was influenced by Iroquois Indian performances the composer attended.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Dvořák acknowledged that his 'American' music, including the works on this album, would not have been written the same way if he had not experienced America.

Performer Biography

The Guarneri String Quartet, the primary performers on this album, retired at the end of their 2008-09 season, after 45 years.

Compositional Technique

Mozart's 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' was originally listed in his inventory as having five movements, and the autograph manuscript shows evidence of a first minuet having been torn out.

Compositional Technique

Beethoven's String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29, shows a transition in his style, with its Scherzo and Finale demonstrating his later characteristic of obsessively repeating fragmented ideas.