Mozart: String Quintets K. 515 & 516 (CD)
- ARTISTS:
- Takács Quartet,
- Timothy Ridout
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With Mozart’s String Quintets K515 and 516, the Takács Quartet presents its 21st album for Hyperion. Recorded in concert at London’s Wigmore Hall in 2025, the Quartet is joined by Timothy Ridout, whose distinctive voice as second violist adds a new dimension to the ensemble’s long-established sound. This is the internationally acclaimed violist’s first recording with the Takács Quartet. Composed in 1787, the two works occupy a special place in Mozart’s chamber music. The additional viola gives the texture greater richness and allows for an exceptionally varied interplay of the inner voices. Transparent writing alternates with passages of considerable harmonic and expressive tension. The album also marks a significant moment in the Quartet’s history: founder member András Fejér appears for the final time on a Takács recording, bringing his 51-year tenure as the ensemble’s cellist to a close. The international press has consistently praised the Quartet’s fire, poetry, clarity, balance and exceptional playing. The Daily Telegraph has called it “the undisputed greatest string quartet in the world”.
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- Artist
- Takács Quartet, Timothy Ridout
- Release Date
- October 23, 2026
- Genre
- Classical
- Label
- Hyperion
- UPC
- 0034571284880