Haydn: ‘Emperor’ & ‘Lark’ String Quartets; Mozart: ‘Hunt’ String Quartet


Haydn: ‘Emperor’ & ‘Lark’ String Quartets; Mozart: ‘Hunt’ String Quartet
Quartetto Italiano
Label
Decca
Catalogue No.
4681152
Barcode
00028946811528
Format
1-CD
About

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.

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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