Mozart: The Prussian Quartets
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- The King of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm II, was a good amateur cellist, and it is to him that Mozart’s next three string quartets are dedicated.
Artists: Franz Schubert Quartet of Vienna; Florian Zwiauer (violin I), Helge Rosenkranz (violin II), Hartmut Pascher (viola) & Vincent Stadlmair (cello)
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The cello plays a prominent part in these three quartets, with some innovative techniques, which may have stretched the royal cellist a little! The composition of this set was begun against the backdrop of the French Revolution in 1789, and the Duport brothers, both well-known musicians had escaped France to settle in Berlin. Mozart knew the elder of the two brothers well, and so was surely aware of the treatise on the cello by his younger brother, which he had been writing for a considerable period, but was finally published in 1813. This was devoted to the use of fingering and bowing on the cello, so would have had some influence in the way Mozart wrote for the cello in these Prussian string quartets.
In K575, although the cello is given a prominent role, it never upsets the balance between the instruments: Mozart handles this challenge with mastery and refinement, lightening the texture throughout. The final movement contains an elegant cello melody, with some flourishes, but it is never allowed to dominate, so Mozart pays dignified tribute to his royal patron, without ever being sycophantic.
Mozart had begun the composition of the three string quartets, dedicated to Friedrich Wilhelm II, King of Prussia, in 1789, but the completion of the last two quartets was delayed to 1790. The quartets K589 and K590, whilst still forming part of the three “Prussian” quartets, had a less prominent part for the cello than their predecessor, K575.
The four movements of K589, Allegro, Larghetto, Menuetto‐Moderato, Allegro Assai, challenge the balance between movements: the Minuet is the longest movement, whilst the final Allegro Assai is very short. Again in this quartet, Mozart uses counterpoint to the full. The second movement, the Larghetto is beautifully proportioned, gentle and elegant, with its exquisite melody being mostly on the violin. The Menuetto‐Moderato has none of the dance‐like predictability of Mozart’s early minuets: it is recognisably in a triple time, but is full of motives and ideas playfully tossed between the instruments. The final Allegro Assai is a bright, bouncy movement with reminiscences of the opening of the ‘Hunt’ quartet, and confidently finishes off this quartet in only 155 bars. K 590, the last of Mozart’s quartets, shows that he had completely mastered a form which he had seemed to struggle with: its drama is immediately obvious in the opening bars, confident and commanding with simple, unison arpeggios. Soon, the listener is entertained by the cello’s starring role ‐ a tribute to Friedrich Wilhelm II, himself an amateur cellist. The second movement, Allegretto is an almost operatic melody with variations like some of the coloratura arias from Mozart’s operas. There is, below the mask of warmth, a slight melancholy. The Minuet is not one of Mozart’s bright, childlike ones, it too bears dark undertones. However, in the final Allegro movement, the happy mask is firmly back in place, and Mozart delights with the exuberance of the writing, but beneath there is a tension and Mozart interrupts the bright, coloratura writing with insistent semi‐quaver figures and abrupt chords.
Tracklist:
String Quartet in D Major, K. 575:
0:00:00 I. Allegretto
0:08:01 II. Andante
0:13:04 III. Menuetto - Trio. Allegretto
0:19:35 IV. Allegretto
String Quartet in B-Flat Major, K. 589:
0:26:02 I. Allegro
0:32:23 II. Larghetto
0:40:21 III. Menuetto - Trio. Moderato
0:47:50 IV. Allegro assai
String Quartet in F Major, K. 590:
0:51:51 I. Allegro moderato
1:01:18 II. Andante
1:08:48 III. Menuetto - Trio. Allegretto
1:13:18 IV. Allegro
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Thank you for watching, we hope you liked the video! Tracklist:
String Quartet in D Major, K. 575:
0:00:00 I. Allegretto
0:08:01 II. Andante
0:13:04 III. Menuetto - Trio. Allegretto
0:19:35 IV. Allegretto
String Quartet in B-Flat Major, K. 589:
0:26:02 I. Allegro
0:32:23 II. Larghetto
0:40:21 III. Menuetto - Trio. Moderato
0:47:50 IV. Allegro assai
String Quartet in F Major, K. 590:
0:51:51 I. Allegro moderato
1:01:18 II. Andante
1:08:48 III. Menuetto - Trio. Allegretto
1:13:18 IV. Allegro
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Mozart in my heart is like a door of light in the night, and this recording of "The Prussian Quartets" is the most beautiful I've ever heard :) Thank you :)
Mozart is my favorite composer. Thank you for great musical moments. Never enough of Mozart's music.
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Mozart 's Prussian Quartets are an elegant and refined beauty... Thank you!
The last one is full of anger, loneliness and pain. But it's hidden. Mozart.
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How do you know that it is there if it's hidden?
Wunderschöne Interpretation dieser drei kompakten doch perfekt komponierten Streichquartette im veränderlichen Tempo mit seidigen Tönen zweier Violinen, mildem Ton der Bratsche und tiefem Ton des Violoncellos. Die intime und perfekt entsprechende Miteinanderwirkung zwischen den vier Virtuosen ist wahrlich ergreifend. Faszinierend vom Anfang bis zum Ende!
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About to see Mozart's birthplace today here in Salzburg, my heart is full of joy and gratitude towards his infinite genius. Pleasure and beyond.
Pure music 🎶🎵❤
The complexity of classical compositions never ceases to amaze me. It's a reminder of the boundless potential of human imagination. 🎹
Wonderful Music Forever !
GREAT MUSIC !!!
Happy Birthday Wolfy! 🎂🥳🎉
The cello really hits the right spot in the heart! Another wonderful playlist. Thanks BC!
Oh! Mozart! Bravo!!!🥰🥰🥰
Mozart hören ist herrlich,vielen Dank😊!
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Das Cello klingt wie ein Ohrenschmaus und Preußen wird ihm wirklich gerecht! So eine melodiöse, tolle Klangharmonie! 🇩🇪 🇩🇪 🇩🇪
Another masterpiece, incredible that he composed so much music in such a short time. I find it incomprehensible that Brilliant Classics does not place all CDs with the Brilliant Classics label on CZcams Music. Real attention has been paid to the recording quality, which could be improved due to the differences in volume, some CDs have 10dB less volume. The musicians here are again not amateurs, because Mozart is only appreciated by the listeners, when the musicians themselves interpret how the music should be performed. Mozart sounds simple but is quite difficult.
Just pure beauty. 😘
Superb performances! Thank you.
Thank you! 🏵
The greatest of them all !
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감사합니다😄
Elegant and graceful music - thank you for sharing with us.
Untrue. Listen to K.590 the last one. It's weird, full of loneliness and dissonances. The last movement is insane.
@@Alix777. That's what I meant to write. Elegant and graceful, except for the crazy stuff.
Great performance
Splendid !!! ❤
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gracias!!! maravilloso!!!!!!
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A pity that Mozart never completed a cycle of 6 quartetts here. One or two in minor e.g. we would have appreciated :) But interesting to see that Mozart laid all the achievements of the Haydn quartets aside here (which he surprisingly continued in his quintets he started to write simultaneously) to give the cello a dominating role.
Thank you.
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Nesses quartetos estão escritos todas as melodias das obras futuras. É a semente divina da árvore mais bela e alegre da história da música. Perfeita.
achei que era só eu de brasileiro escutando essas obras
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Absolutely nothing like it
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Add the string quintets k515, 516, 593, and 614 to these.
I thought the one on the cover was Mozart, but it can't be because he died at 35. I guess, from Wikipedia (in Spanish), that it is about the king of Prussia Frederick William II, where there is a similar painting where the character looks to the side and not to the front as here.
I read on and of course it is Frederick William II, Mozart dedicated the three quartets to this king.
Ageless mastery... Almost perfect - As Goethe wrote "ALMOST, on the account that Perfection matches Genious and if that sublime rank belongs doubtless to Mozart, the players, even if they are or will be very good, hardly dare to think they were concurring with Geniousness"....
Johan crosòstomo Mozart muriò en 1756 Viena, fue un mùsico del clasisismo alemàn
Johan crosòtomo Mozart naciò en 1756, muriò en 1791.
Johan crisòstomo Mozart Viena 1756 cuè un mùxico del ´´clasisicmo musical ´´
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Oh yes, the Prussian quartets!!! Probably my favorite from Mozart. Finally, the cello has something interesting to do! After the masterpieces that were the Haydn quartets and the Hoffmeister quartet, these quartets represent a turn towards more conservative form, but deeper richness in instrumentation. Beautiful works of art!
The second movement of the first quartet has the most basic, bland form imaginable, but the writing is so expressive and so perfect (especially when the cello plays the main theme… chills!) that nothing more can be asked from it.
Conservative ? How about the last one...
Who's that in the thumbnail?
The king of Prussia.
Not bad, Wolfgang.
I've heard this pieces or parts of when I was a little boy and never have forgot a sound. I'm an amateur and musically illiterate. Is that not a wonder?
It's not that unusual. I am not going to say it is not a wonder though. The human mind is very good at remembering music. And not being educated in music doesn't mean your mind has no ability with music. You are born with an ear for music, it isn't something that you are taught in school.
@@justforever96 I meant: the music.
I stretch