Mozart: String Quartets KV387 and KV421

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Emerson String Quartet (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Emerson String Quartet
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Audio CD (February 14, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Deutsche Grammophon
• ASIN: B000001GLP
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #310,129 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CASTING DARKER SHADOWS................, November 7, 2000

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Melvyn M. Sobel "Melvyn M. Sobel" (Freeport, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mozart: String Quartets KV387 and KV421 (Audio CD)

What frighteningly original and penetrating performances these are! Here is a Mozart whose despair and melancholy are no longer glossed over, nor disguised, nor dismissed. No. This is dark, revelatory stuff to wrestle with; this is the Mozart who, within a few years, would be dumped into an unmarked grave; this is a Mozart whose brooding shadow is far more akin to Beethoven than congenial "Papa" Haydn. No sunny breeze blows through the quartets here, as we are used to. The Emersons reach down into the very heart of the composer and pull from it a view of Mozart, the man, that is both beautiful and unnerving. This is a bleak Mozart, a Mozart caught between the foibles of his character and the musical genius of his mind; a Mozart teasing the throes of poverty; a Mozart plagued by the self-doubt that hung on the public recognition that always just seemed to escape him.

[Running time: 56:32]

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Music, Not a Great Value, July 11, 2000

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Michael B. Richman (Portland, Maine USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart: String Quartets KV387 and KV421 (Audio CD)

The Emerson String Quartet is one of the most successful andpopular chamber groups of the 90s. While this recording may notreceive as much critical acclaim as their Bartok, Schubert or Shostakovich recordings, these Mozart "Haydn" Quartets are played dynamically. My only reason for not awarding a fifth star has nothing to do with the content of the music, but instead with the value of this purchase. Many prospective buyers may want to opt for the Julliard String Quartet's 3CD "Haydn" Quartet performance. With this CD you get two pieces, whereas with the Julliard you get 6. However, with either choice you are getting terrific music.

5.0 out of 5 stars Emerson String Quartet...grandiosos!!!!, June 12, 2011

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Manuel Carranza C "Hamelin" (Lima, PERU) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart: String Quartets KV387 and KV421 (Audio CD)

En este magnífico cd de música de cámara nos encontramos con dos obras magistrales, profundas y complejas del genial Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dedicadas e inspiradas en su gran amigo Joseph Haydn. Los cuartetos K. 387 y 421 son poderosos ejemplos del gran conocimiento que tenia el genio de Salzburgo de los instrumentos de cuerda y nos regala obras de gran instrospección. El Emerson String Quartet es una de las más dastacadas conformaciones de cámara del mundo y aquí los podemos apreciar en un magnífico ensamble y una gran profundidad de ejecución. Cohesión, vigor, armonia es lo que apreciamos en todo este fabuloso trabajo.