Mozart String Quartets - Milanese Quartets K. 155-160 & K. 80
8/29/2025, 22 Tracks, 1:14:18
Featuring
Arvid Engegård
Laura Custodio Sabas
Juliet Jopling
Jan Clemens Carlsen
Engegårdkvartetten
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Instruments
The members of the Engegård Quartet play historical instruments, including violins by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume and a cello by Giacomo Zanoli, some on loan from Dextra Musica.
Composition History
Mozart's earliest quartets, including K. 155-160, were written in Italy, primarily Milan, which was then the capital of the Habsburg duchy of Lombardy.
Performer Biography
The Engegård Quartet has commissioned several works from contemporary composers, focusing on Norwegian artists like Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje and Olav Anton Thommessen, as well as international composers.
Composer Biography
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his earliest string quartet, K. 80, at the age of 14 in Lodi, near Milan.
Compositional Technique
Unlike his later quartets, Mozart's early K. 80 is in four movements, while all the other quartets on this recording are in three movements.
Performer Biography
The Engegård Quartet, formed in 2005 under the midnight sun in Lofoten, Norway, has become one of Norway's most sought-after ensembles.
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