Quartetto Italiano made critically-acclaimed recordings of the complete string quartets of Mozart and Haydn. The group recorded almost exclusively for Philips Classics, leaving a legacy admired for its insight and technical brilliance. Two of Haydn’s and one of Mozart’s nicknamed compositions are here offered as a single album.
JOSEPH HAYDN
String Quartet in C major, Op.76 No.3 Hob.III:77 ‘Emperor’
String Quartet in D major, Op.64 No. 5 Hob.III:63 ‘Lark’
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major, KV 458 ‘Hunt’
Quartetto Italiano
Paolo Borciani, violin I
Elisa Pegreffi, violin II
Piero Farulli, viola
Franco Rossi, cello
‘the Philips sound balance is admirably judged … one is unlikely to assemble a more consistently satisfying overview of these works, or one so beautifully played. They hold a very special place in the Mozartian discography’ The Penguin Guide