Description
The final album from the Auryn Quartet, who are to disband in 2021.
The Auryn Quartet releases the multi-channel SACD version of the Mozart String Quartet KV465 and 458.
"A sound of silk and gold" (Heinz Gelking in Image HiFi)
After four decades together, the Auryn Quartet have taken the decision to disband following the close of th 2020 -2021 season. The line-up has remained unchanged since the ensemble's conception, comprising violinists Matthias Lingenfelder and Jens Oppermann, violist Stewart Eaton and cellist Andreas Arndt.
The ensemble have been working exclusively with TACET since 2008 have built up an extensive back catalogue including the complete Haydn String Quartets.
The Auryn Quartet won1st prize at the1982 London International String Quartet Competition, the 1982 ARD International Music Competition and the main prize at the European Broadcasting Competition in Bratislava. They have appeared worldwide at venues including Tucson's 500-seat Leo Rich Theater, Lincoln Center, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, and London's Wigmore Hall, where they performed a complete cycle of the Beethoven quartets.
Concerts will go on until August 2021.
