Mozart, at 21, infuriated his father by delaying the fulfillment of the commission for the flute quartets, leading to contradictory accounts and obfuscation.
Composition History
The flute quartets were commissioned in 1777 by Ferdinand Dejean, a physician for the Dutch East India Company and an amateur flautist.
Composition History
The Quartet, KV 298, was likely composed for the Jacquin family, close friends of Mozart, as its autograph manuscript was owned by them.
Compositional Technique
The Quartet, KV 298, is a 'quatuor d'airs variés', a genre popular in Paris at the time, identified by Mozart's use of borrowed tunes from other composers like Paisiello and Hoffmeister.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Mozart aimed to compose music that would engage trained musicians while also enchanting lay listeners, even if they didn't understand precisely why.
Recording & Production
This recording uses 24-bit / 96 kHz technology, which offers a dynamic range up to 48 dB greater and 256 times the resolution of standard 16-bit recordings.
Composition History
Only the Quartet, KV 285, can be securely identified as having been written to satisfy Ferdinand Dejean's commission.
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