QUARTETTO ITALIANO Mozart String Quartets 9 LP BOX SET 1967 Philips 6747 097 NM

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9 x LP BOX SET

ARTIST: MOZART

QUARTETTO ITALIANO

TITLE: COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS

LABEL + YEAR:  Philips 6747 097; 1967 Dutch first Press, stereo

CONDITION VINYL: All Vinyl is Near Mint

CONDITION BOX / SLEEVES: The Box is Excellent, (has had a neat repair to one corner and all is tight and strong; the sleeves are all plain white as issued; the Booklet is in Very Good condition

DESCRIPTION:

RECORD ONE:

Side 1:

String Quartet N°1 In G, K.80            

Adagio           

Allegro          

Menuetto       

Rondo           

String Quartet N°2 In D, K.155          

Allegro          

Andante        

Molto Allegro           

Side 2:

String Quartet N°3 In G, K.156          

Presto            

Adagio           

Tempo Di Menuetto

String Quartet N°4 In C, K.157          

Allegro          

Andante        

Presto            

RECORD TWO:

Side 1:

String Quartet N°5 In F, K.158          

Allegro          

Andante in Poco Allegretto            

Tempo Di Menuetto

String Quartet N°6 In B Flat, K.159   

Andante        

Allegro          

Rondo (Allegro Grazioso)  

Side 2:

String Quartet N°7 In E Flat, K.160   

Allegro          

Un Poco Adagio       

Presto            

String Quartet N°8 In F, K.168          

Allegro          

Andante        

Menuetto       

Allegro          

RECORD THREE:

Side 1:

String Quartet N°9 In A, K.169          

Molto Allegro           

Andante        

Menuetto       

Rondeaux (Allegro)

String Quartet N°10 In C, K.170        

Andante        

Menuetto       

Un Poco Adagio       

Rondeaux (Allegro)

Side 2:

String Quartet N°11 In E Flat, K.171

Adagio-Allegro Assai          

Menuetto       

Andante        

Allegro Assai            

String Quartet N°12 In B Flat, K.172

Allegro Spiritoso     

Adagio           

Menuetto       

Allegro Assai            

RECORD FOUR:

Side 1:

String Quartet N°13 In D Minor, K.173          

(Allegro Ma Molto Moderato)         

Andantino Grazioso            

Menueto        

(Allegro)        

Divertimento In D, K.136       

Allegro          

Andante        

Presto            

Side 2:

Divertimento On B Flat, K.137          

Andante        

Allegro Di Molto       

Allegro Assai            

Divertimento In F, K.138        

(Allegro)        

Andante        

Presto            

Adagio And Fugue In C Minor, K.546            

RECORD FIVE:

Side 1:

The "Haydn" Quartets

String Quartet N°14 In G, K.387        

Allegro Vivace Assai           

Allegretto      

Andante Cantabile   

Molto Allegro           

Side 2:

String Quartet N°15 In D Minor, K.421          

Allegro Moderato     

Andante        

Allegretto      

Allegretto Ma Non Troppo

RECORD SIX:

Side 1:

String Quartet N°16 In E Flat, K.428

Allegro Ma Non Troppo      

Andante Con Moto  

Allegretto      

Allegro Vivace          

Side 2:

String Quartet N°17 In B Flat, K.458 "The Hunt"       

Allegro Vivace Assai           

Moderato      

Adagio           

Allegro Assai            

RECORD SEVEN:

Side 1:

String Quartet N°18 In A, K.464        

Allegro          

Menuetto       

Andante        

Allegro Ma Non Tropo        

Side 2:

String Quartet N°19 In C, K.465 "The Dissonance"  

Adagio-Allegro         

Andante Cantabile   

Allegretto      

Allegro Molto           

RECORD EIGHT:

Side 1:

String Quartet N°20 In D, K.499        

Allegretto      

Menuetto (Allegretto)          

Adagio           

Allegro          

Side 2:

The "Prussian" Quartets

String Quartet N°21 In D, K.575        

Allegretto      

Andante        

Menuetto (Allegretto)          

Allegretto

RECORD NINE:

Side 1:

String Quartet N°22 In B Flat, K.589

Allegro          

Larghetto      

Menuetto (Moderato)          

Allegro Assai            

Side 2:

String Quartet N°23 In F, K.590        

Allegro Moderato     

Allegretto      

Menuetto (Allegretto)          

Allegro

AllMusic Review by James Leonard

Most of the volumes in Philips' original Mozart edition were quite fine, some were very fine, and some were as good as it got. This volume combing the quartets and quintets for strings was as good as it got.

The Quartetto Italiano's mid-'60s through early '70s stereo recordings of the quartets are supremely refined, exceedingly lovely and ineffably beautiful. They are also from first to last deeply dedicated to the music, granting it the full measure of its sublimity.

The Italiano's balanced sonorities, lucid textures, poised ensemble, infallible intonation, and, above all, their supple melodies ideally suit Mozart's music and their performances are uniformly successful from the brilliant first G major Quartet to the masterful last F major Quartet.

The Grumiaux Quintet's 1973 stereo recordings of the quintets were likewise as good as the Italiano's, albeit not in the same way. The quintet led by violinist Arthur Grumiaux did not have the long-term professional commitment of the Italiano, so the ensemble was as impeccable but more relaxed, the tone was as lovely but more focused, and the beauty less ineffable than tangible. And yet this feels equally appropriate for Mozart's mature quintets.

Though the lines still sing, there is more expressivity in the melodies, more depth in the harmonies, more heart in the chromaticism, and more brain in the developments. Above all, the more individualistic Grumiaux Quintet is, from top to bottom, profoundly in love with the music, cherishing in it the full depth of its humanity.

Philips' sound was stereo at its best: close but full, clear but warm, honest but beautiful.

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