海頓/范哈爾/卡爾.馮.狄特斯多夫/莫札特: 1784維也納之夜 弦樂四重奏作品集
貝內維茲四重奏
"…Storace gave a quartet party to his friends. The players were tolerable, not one of them excelled on the instrument he played; but there was a little science among them, which I dare say will be acknowledged when I name them: First violin Haydn, second violin Baron Dittersdorf, violoncello Vanhal, viola Mozart…" The tenor Michael Kelly's recollection of that musical evening in 1784 in Vienna has been the source of much speculation by musicologists, and it is also one of the things that inspired this recording. The four composers, all highly acclaimed in their day, met in multiethnic Vienna, and they shared the bond of friendship. While Mozart behaved towards Haydn with respect like that of a pupil towards a master and dedicated a series of six string quartets to him (including the "Dissonant Quartet" in C major), Haydn told Mozart's father that his son was "the greatest composer known to me either in person or by name." Dittersdorf was likewise unsparing with superlatives in his autobiography: "He is undoubtedly one of the greatest original geniuses, and I have never before known any composer with such an amazing wealth of ideas." The names of Dittersdorf and Vaňhal are familiar to some, but few have encountered their music. This recording offers an opportunity to discover those nearly forgotten masters' works superbly interpreted by the Bennewitz Quartet. The enthusiastic acclaim of international critics for their previous Haydn album is affirmation of their extraordinary quality in this repertoire.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet No. 5 in G major, Op. 33, Hob. III:41
1.I. Vivace assai 06:01
2.II. Largo e cantabile 04:10
3.III. Scherzo. Allegro 02:31
4.IV. Finale. Allegretto 04:20
Jan Krtitel Vaňhal
String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 33
5.I. Allegro moderato 05:32
6.II. Arietta I - Arietta II 04:13
7.III. Adagio sostenuto 06:53
8.IV. Rondo. Allegro molto 04:55
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf
String Quartet No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 33 Kr 195
9.I. Allegro 05:17
10.II. Menuetto. Non troppo presto 03:31
11.III. Finale. Allegro 02:55
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"
12.I. Adagio - Allegro 10:34
13.II. Andante cantabile 07:42
14.III. Menuetto. Allegro 04:31
15.IV. Allegro molto 05:54