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The Amadeus Quartet was at its peak when these recordings were made in the late '60s. For some listeners, that peak was the peak of string quartet playing, a gracefully lyrical and deeply affecting blend of the prewar central European tradition and the postwar international style. For other listeners, their peak was merely fair to middling, a bland and blanched blend of sentimental nostalgia for the prewar central European tradition and the eviscerated and desiccated postwar international style. For listeners who loved the Amadeus Quartet, its performances of Haydn, Beethoven, and especially Mozart were among the best ever recorded and its recordings of Mozart's quintets are arguably the apex of the group's career. For those listeners, the ensemble was spontaneous, the balances effortless, the tone heavenly, and the interpretations the very stuff of life. For those listeners who disparaged the Amadeus, the group was seen as simply scrappy and sloppy. One thing neither group of listeners will argue with, however, is that Deutsche Grammophon's stereo sound was among the cleanest and clearest ever devised and that DG's reissue preserves and enhances that sound.
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String Quintet No. 4 in C Minor, K. 406 (After K.388) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dr. Manfred Richter, Producer
℗ 1968 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dr. Manfred Richter, Producer
℗ 1968 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
String Quintet No. 4 in C Minor, K.406 (After K.388) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dr. Manfred Richter, Producer
℗ 1968 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
String Quintet No. 4 in C Minor, K. 406 (After K.388) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dr. Manfred Richter, Producer
℗ 1968 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
String Quintet No. 3 in C Major, K. 515 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Werner, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Helmut Najda, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1968 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Werner, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Helmut Najda, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1968 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Werner, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Helmut Najda, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1968 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Werner, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Helmut Najda, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Rainer Brock, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1968 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K. 593 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans Ritter, Producer
℗ 1969 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans Ritter, Producer
℗ 1969 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans Ritter, Producer
℗ 1969 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Klaus Scheibe, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guenther Breest, Producer
℗ 1975 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
String Quintet in B-Flat Major, K. 174 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Mitlehner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guenther Breest, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1975 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Mitlehner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guenther Breest, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1975 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
String Quintet In B-Flat Major, K.174 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Mitlehner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guenther Breest, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1975 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
String Quintet in B-Flat Major, K. 174 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Mitlehner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Guenther Breest, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1975 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
String Quintet No. 4 in G Minor, K. 516 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Werner Mayer, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Werner Mayer, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Werner Mayer, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Werner Mayer, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1970 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
String Quintet in E-Flat Major, K. 614 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans Ritter, Producer
℗ 1969 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans Ritter, Producer
℗ 1969 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans Ritter, Producer
℗ 1969 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Amadeus Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Cecil Aronowitz, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans Ritter, Producer
℗ 1969 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
The Amadeus Quartet was at its peak when these recordings were made in the late '60s. For some listeners, that peak was the peak of string quartet playing, a gracefully lyrical and deeply affecting blend of the prewar central European tradition and the postwar international style. For other listeners, their peak was merely fair to middling, a bland and blanched blend of sentimental nostalgia for the prewar central European tradition and the eviscerated and desiccated postwar international style. For listeners who loved the Amadeus Quartet, its performances of Haydn, Beethoven, and especially Mozart were among the best ever recorded and its recordings of Mozart's quintets are arguably the apex of the group's career. For those listeners, the ensemble was spontaneous, the balances effortless, the tone heavenly, and the interpretations the very stuff of life. For those listeners who disparaged the Amadeus, the group was seen as simply scrappy and sloppy. One thing neither group of listeners will argue with, however, is that Deutsche Grammophon's stereo sound was among the cleanest and clearest ever devised and that DG's reissue preserves and enhances that sound.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 02:37:28
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Cecil Aronowitz Amadeus Quartet
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2017 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin This Compilation ℗ 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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