Friendship in music We owe these two masterpieces tothe musical friendships Mozart made during his years in Vienna. The celestial beauties of the Quintet K581 were tailor-made for the great clarinettist Anton Stadler, while the Quartet K421, more severe in tone, is one of the six Mozart dedicated to his ‘caro amico’ Joseph Haydn. Here then is the ideal programme for the four friends of the Arcanto Quartett to show their affinities with the Mozartian repertoire – for the very first time on CD.
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART [1756-1791] Clarinet Quintet in A major K581 La majeur / A-Dur · I. Allegro (9'11) · II. Larghetto (6'07) · III. Menuetto (7'04) · IV. Allegretto con Variazioni (9'22) String Quartet in D minor K421 ré mineur / d-Moll · I. Allegro moderato (8'01) · II. Andante (6'08) · III. Menuetto (3'47) · IV. Allegretto ma non troppo (9'00)
