Building acoustic bridges between the present and bygone eras has become a true hallmark of the quartet. With the current recording project, the four musicians have turned their attention to all six of Mozart’s string quintets, pairing classical masterpieces with contemporary compositions: “We felt that ‘simply’ recording the Mozart quintets didn’t quite suit us,” says the ensemble. “So we came up with the idea of asking well-known, great contemporary composers to compose short ‘postcards’ to Mozart.”
For the quartet, the recordings fulfil a special wish, and they have deliberately involved top young talents from the classical music scene: “We thought we’d ask younger people to join us in recording this fantastic music. Young violists who have left university and are at the start of their careers – and so we chose three wonderful young artists.”
We can look forward to the final album in the series: Isabel Mundry and Sarah Nemtsov have been asked to write new postcards to Mozart for it.
Mozart: String Quintets Nos. 3 & 5
Kuss Quartet & Sào Soulez Larivière
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