Piano Quartets K478 & K493

Album by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & András Schiff & Yūko Shiokawa & Erich Höbarth & Miklós Perényi

Piano Quartets K.478 and K.493 are two piano quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composed in 1785 and 1786. They exemplify Classical‑era chamber writing for piano with violin, viola and cello, featuring transparent textures and balanced interplay between piano and strings and helping to establish the piano quartet as a recognised genre in the late 18th century.