Joseph Haydn, considered the pioneer of the classical string quartet, praised Mozart's quartets, telling Leopold Mozart that his son was the greatest composer he knew, possessing both taste and profound compositional knowledge.
Interpretation
The Armida Quartet collaborates with musicologist Wolf-Dieter Seiffert, the publishing director of G. Henle Publisher's, to ensure philological accuracy in their performances and new Urtext editions of Mozart's string quartets.
Performer Biography
The Armida Quartet, founded in Berlin in 2006, is named after an opera by Joseph Haydn, who is considered the 'father of the string quartet'.
Composition History
Mozart's first string quartet, K. 80, was composed in 1770 when he was 14 years old, during a stop in Lodi, Italy, on his first Italian journey.
Recording & Production
The Armida Quartet is collaborating with G. Henle Publisher's on a new Urtext edition of Mozart's complete string quartets, providing their fingerings and bowings for the Henle Library App.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The Armida Quartet aims to highlight Mozart's playful wit, joy of life, and experimental spirit in his early works, believing that his 'pre-classical' works should be understood from a different tradition.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in July 2018 at Studio 2 of Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich.
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