COMPOSERS: Mozart
LABELS: DG
ALBUM TITLE: Mozart Quintets
WORKS: String Quintets
PERFORMER: Cecil Aronowitz (viola)
CATALOGUE NO: 477 5346
Extremes of pathos and gemütlichkeit define this classic recording whose tone is set by Norbert Brainin’s often sweet, sometimes ‘pleading’ violin sound. Tempos can be somewhat spacious, but K593 is nervy and decidedly sharply-etched. Paul Riley
Mozart: String Quintets
Extremes of pathos and gemütlichkeit define this classic recording whose tone is set by Norbert Brainin’s often sweet, sometimes ‘pleading’ violin sound. Tempos can be somewhat spacious, but K593 is nervy and decidedly sharply-etched. Paul Riley
Our rating
4
Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:57 pm