VenEthos Ensemble – Mozart: The Milanese Quartets – Lodi Quartet (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

VenEthos Ensemble – Mozart: The Milanese Quartets – Lodi Quartet (2022)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s six ‘Milanese’ quartets constitute a milestone in his artistic activity. Written between Bolzano and Milan between 1772 and 1773, they came a few years after the Quartet K80/73f that he had composed in Lodi during his first Italian visit. More than that work, these six pieces – conceived before Mozart left the Milanese public with his third and last work for the Lombard capital, Lucio Silla K135 – constitute one of the first organic sets of string quartets ever conceived. Though based on the model of Haydn, they reveal Mozart’s modern spirit, capable of following a new path and enriching it with his own personal contribution.

Thirty years after the first and only recording of these works on period instruments by the Festetics Quartet, here is the recording debut of a young Italian ensemble, with the bonus of the first ever historically informed recording of the Quartet K156’s original second movement.

Tracklist:

01. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 1 in G Major, “Lodi”, KV 80: I. Adagio (05:46)
02. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 1 in G Major, “Lodi”, KV 80: II. Allegro (04:25)
03. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 1 in G Major, “Lodi”, KV 80: III. Minuetto (03:10)
04. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 1 in G Major, “Lodi”, KV 80: Allegro (02:25)
05. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 2 in D Major, KV 155: I. Allegro (03:33)
06. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 2 in D Major, KV 155: II. Andante (03:58)
07. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 2 in D Major, KV 155: III. Molto Allegro (01:36)
08. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, KV 156: I. Presto (04:22)
09. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, KV 156: II. Adagio (05:32)
10. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, KV 156: III. Tempo di Minuetto (03:26)
11. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, KV 156: IIbis. Adagio (first version) (03:44)
12. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, KV 157: I. Allegro (05:18)
13. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, KV 157: II. Andante (04:03)
14. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, KV 157: III. Presto (01:51)
15. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 5 in F Major, KV 158: I. Allegro (03:44)
16. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 5 in F Major, KV 158: II. Andante un poco Allegretto (04:17)
17. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 5 in F Major, KV 158: III. Tempo di Minuetto (06:14)
18. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, KV 159: I. Andante (05:10)
19. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, KV 159: II. Allegro (05:06)
20. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, KV 159: Allegro grazioso (03:07)
21. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 7 in E♭ Major, KV 160: I. Allegro (03:08)
22. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 7 in E♭ Major, KV 160: II. Un poco Adagio (05:07)
23. VenEthos Ensemble – String Quartet No. 7 in E♭ Major, KV 160: III. Presto (02:44)

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