Mozart’s most famous quintets conclude a sequence of four instrumental works from the winter and spring of 1786 87 whose first movements, at least, are on an unprecedentedly monumental scale: the ...

Mozart wrote his first string quintet at the age of 17, choosing to add a second viola to the string quartet (the viola was an instrument he took a particular delight in playing). But, apart from ...

The Alessandro Scarlatti Association, chaired by Oreste de Divitiis, announces the return to Naples of the prestigious Gringolts Quartet for the second and final event dedicated to the complete string ...

String Quintet No. 1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Conductor Klenke Quartet Harald Schoneweg, Viola String Quintet No. 2 Harald Schoneweg, Viola Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Conductor Klenke Quartet String ...

In his two string quintets Mendelssohn followed Mozart's example in opting for a pair of violas rather than the two cellos that Schubert (and Boccherini before him) had favoured. The works were ...

Max Bruch's String Quintet in E flat was one of three major works composed in the years before his death in 1920. It was not performed until 2008, and this is its first recording. Bruch uses Mozart's ...

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Written in 1789, music lovers describe the emotional impact of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet. From March 2011. Show more Mozart's Clarinet Quintet was written in 1789, two years before the composer’s ...

A concert featuring two of Mozart's string quintets is coming up in Worcester. The Worcester Concert Club is hosting the show at Huntingdon Hall on Sunday, January 26, from 3pm. The Musical and ...