Piano Quartets no. 1 K. 478 & no. 2 K. 493

Album by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Melos Quartett & Sir Georg Solti

These piano quartets are chamber works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composed in 1785 and 1786. They exemplify Classical-era chamber music, featuring a prominent piano part in active dialogue with a string trio, with transparent textures, balanced thematic development and shifts between lyrical and dramatic passages, and they reflect Mozart's mid-1780s expansion of the piano's role within intimate ensemble writing.
First released: 1986

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Quartet for Piano no. 1 in G minor, K. 478: I. Allegro
    11:42
  2. 2.
    Quartet for Piano no. 1 in G minor, K. 478: II. Andante
    7:33
  3. 3.
    Quartet for Piano no. 1 in G minor, K. 478: III. Rondeau
    7:21
  4. 4.
    Quartet for Piano no. 2 in E-flat major, K. 493: I. Allegro
    10:44
  5. 5.
    Quartet for Piano no. 2 in E-flat major, K. 493: II. Larghetto
    10:04
  6. 6.
    Quartet for Piano no. 2 in E-flat major, K. 493: III. Allegretto
    9:07

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