Mozart: The Milanese Quartets - Lodi Quartet VenEthos Ensemble

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): String Quartet No. 1 in G Major, “Lodi”, KV 80:
• 1 Mozart: String Quartet No. 1 in G Major, “Lodi”, KV 80: I. Adagio 05:46
• 2 Mozart: String Quartet No. 1 in G Major, “Lodi”, KV 80: II. Allegro 04:25
• 3 Mozart: String Quartet No. 1 in G Major, “Lodi”, KV 80: III. Minuetto 03:10
• 4 Mozart: String Quartet No. 1 in G Major, “Lodi”, KV 80: Allegro 02:25
• String Quartet No. 2 in D Major, KV 155:
• 5 Mozart: String Quartet No. 2 in D Major, KV 155: I. Allegro 03:33
• 6 Mozart: String Quartet No. 2 in D Major, KV 155: II. Andante 03:58
• 7 Mozart: String Quartet No. 2 in D Major, KV 155: III. Molto Allegro 01:36
• String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, KV 156:
• 8 Mozart: String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, KV 156: I. Presto 04:22
• 9 Mozart: String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, KV 156: II. Adagio 05:32
• 10 Mozart: String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, KV 156: III. Tempo di Minuetto 03:26
• 11 Mozart: String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, KV 156: IIbis. Adagio (first version) 03:44
• String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, KV 157:
• 12 Mozart: String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, KV 157: I. Allegro 05:18
• 13 Mozart: String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, KV 157: II. Andante 04:03
• 14 Mozart: String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, KV 157: III. Presto 01:51
• String Quartet No. 5 in F Major, KV 158:
• 15 Mozart: String Quartet No. 5 in F Major, KV 158: I. Allegro 03:44
• 16 Mozart: String Quartet No. 5 in F Major, KV 158: II. Andante un poco Allegretto 04:17
• 17 Mozart: String Quartet No. 5 in F Major, KV 158: III. Tempo di Minuetto 06:14
• String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, KV 159:
• 18 Mozart: String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, KV 159: I. Andante 05:10
• 19 Mozart: String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, KV 159: II. Allegro 05:06
• 20 Mozart: String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, KV 159: Allegro grazioso 03:07
• String Quartet No. 7 in E♭ Major, KV 160:
• 21 Mozart: String Quartet No. 7 in E♭ Major, KV 160: I. Allegro 03:08
• 22 Mozart: String Quartet No. 7 in E♭ Major, KV 160: II. Un poco Adagio 05:07
• 23 Mozart: String Quartet No. 7 in E♭ Major, KV 160: III. Presto 02:44
• Total Runtime 01:31:46

Info for Mozart: The Milanese Quartets - Lodi Quartet

Die sechs "Mailänder" Quartette von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts sind ein Meilenstein seines künstlerischen Schaffens. Sie entstanden zwischen Bozen und Mailand in den Jahren 1772 und 1773, einige Jahre nach dem Quartett KV80/73f, das er während seines ersten Italienaufenthalts in Lodi komponiert hatte. Die sechs Quartette bilden eine der ersten organischen Reihen von Streichquartetten, die je konzipiert wurden und entstanden, bevor Mozart das Mailänder Publikum mit seinem dritten und letzten Werk für die lombardische Hauptstadt, Lucio Silla KV135, verließ.

Obwohl sie auf dem Modell Haydns basieren, offenbaren sie Mozarts modernen Geist, der fähig war, neue Wege zu beschreiten und diese mit seinem eigenen persönlichen Beitrag zu bereichern. Dreißig Jahre nach der ersten und einzigen Einspielung dieser Werke auf historischen Instrumenten durch das Festetics-Quartett folgt jetzt das CD-Debüt eines jungen italienischen Ensembles. Als Bonus erklingt die erste historisch informierte Aufnahme des originalen zweiten Satzes des Quartetts KV156.

VenEthos Ensemble

VenEthos Ensemble
was founded in 2016 by Giacomo Catana, Mauro Spinazzè, Francesco Lovato and Massimo Raccanelli, with the purpose to propose innovative interpretation on original instruments of the great string quartet repertoire of the XVIII and XIX centuries.

The members of the ensemble have enhanced their professional and musical experiences alongside renowned artists such as A. Marcon, G. Carmignola, L. Van Dael, H. Kurosaki, H. Beyerle, B. Weil, H. Muller, J. Meissl, Trio di Parma, I Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca, the Kuss Quartet and the Quartetto di Cremona, studying deeply the great chamber music repertoire and the historically informed praxis.

Since the beginning of its activity, the quartet has received great audience success and has been invited by renowned music societies such as Amici della musica di Padova, Mozartiana Festival in Gdànsk (Poland), Società Veneziana di Concerti, the “Concentus Moraviae” Festival (Czech Republic), Asolo Musica, Circolo culturale Bellunese.

In 2017 the VenEthos Ensemble has been selected for the project "Le Dimore del Quartetto" and in 2018 it has performed alongside Giuliano Carmignola at the Early Music Festival in the Dolomites "Arte e musica tra Pelmo e Civetta"; the following year the quartet has participated as "ensemble in residence" at the same festival under the invitation of Andrea Marcon, with whom the ensemble has played in several concerts.

VenEthos Ensemble members currently perform as section principals as well as soloists in some of the leading period-instrument orchestras, e.g. Venice Baroque Orchestra, La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, I Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca, L'Arte dell'arco, Opera Stravagante and Il Pomo d’Oro. They are used to play in world renowned concert halls and music festivals such as the Wiener Musikverein, Berliner Philharmonie, Salzburger Festspiele, Royal Albert Hall and Barbican Centre in London, the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Théâtre des Champs- Élysées in Paris, Carnegie Hall in New York, Tokyo Opera City, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow and the Mariinsky Concert Hall in St.Petersburg etc.

The name VenEthos consists in a pun between “Veneto”, the four musicians' homeland and “Ethos”, an ism of Ancient Greece, which refers to the belief that music could strongly influence human ethics.

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