Cuarteto Casals – Chamber ensemble
After the early quartets and the famous ‘Dissonance’ Quartet, the Cuarteto Casals continues its exploration of the set of works Mozart dedicated to Joseph Haydn. Here one composer took on the mantle of the other: the younger man, who had now settled in Vienna and had just started a family, was going through an exceptional period of creativity, transfiguring everything he touched with his genius. An exhilarating experience for our Catalan musicians, following hard on the heels of their acclaimed Beethoven cycle.
String Quartet no.15 in D minor K. 421
ré mineur / d-Moll
1I. Allegro moderato 10’47
2II. Andante 6’08
3III. Menuetto – Trio. Allegretto 3’41
4IV. Allegretto ma non troppo 8’26
String Quartet no.17 in B flat major K. 458, ‘Hunt’
Si bémol majeur “La Chasse” / B-Dur ‘Jagdquartett’
5I. Allegro vivace assai 8’13
6II. Menuetto – Trio. Moderato 4’07
7III. Adagio 6’53
8IV. Allegro assai 6’13
String Quartet no.18 in A major K. 464
La majeur / A-Dur
9I. Allegro 6’51
10II. Menuetto – Trio 5’23
11III. Andante 10’41
12IV. Allegro 6’19