Release Date: 27 September 2019
Label: C-Avi
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4260085534449
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
The German Armida Quartett, winner of the ARD competition 2012, is scheduled to record all of Mozart's string quartets as a cooperation with G. Henle Publisher's. This second volume includes String Quartet No. 1 in G major, K. 80, No.17 in B flat major, K.458 and No.20 in D major, K.499.
The first volume received rave reviews, the NDR Broadcast station resumed: "extremely lively and full of energy, transparent in the sound picture, following all of Mozart's intentions…."
The Armida Quartett counts as one of the most influential and prominent string teams in Europe and received a standing ovation during their first US Tour in April 2018. Founded in Berlin in 2006, the Armida Quartet took its name from an opera by Haydn, the "father of the string quartet". They have studied with former members of the Artemis Quartet and Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet), drawing further inspiration from Reinhard Goebel, Alfred Brendel, Marek Janowski, and Tabea Zimmermann. The quartet has enjoyed great success at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Philharmonie in Berlin, and Wigmore Hall in London.
The ensemble's debut CD in 2013, featuring works by Béla Bartók, György Ligeti, and György Kurtág, was selected by the German Record Critics' Award for its critics' choice list. Further recordingsensued, with works by Mozart, Beethoven, and Shostakovich, followed by the CD Fuga Magna in 2017, a fugue journey through the centuries. Working with chamber partners is an inspiration for the Armida Quartet: they have additionally worked with Thomas Hampson, Martin Fröst, Tabea Zimmermann, Jörg Widmann, Julian Steckel, Sabine Meyer, and Daniel Müller-Schott. Apart from their concert activities, the quartet gives masterclasses in Germany and abroad, and they are active in social programs and youth projects including Rhapsody in School and Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now.
Tracklisting
Andreas Willwohl & Daniel Heide
Laurence Kilsby & Ella O'Neill
Kilian Herold, Barbara Buntrock, Florian Donderer, Tanja Tetzlaff
Kathrin Zukowski, KammerMusikKoln
Katharina Konradi, Catriona Morison, Ammiel Bushakevitz
Antje Weithaas, Denes Varjon
Premysl Vojta, Florence Millet, Ye Wu
Herbert Schuch, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
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