233 SACD / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartets KV 387 & KV 421
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After strong recommendations for the previous Auryn/Imai Mozart string quintets recording (Audiophile Highlight in Stereo, klassik-heute recommendation, nomination for ICMA) and lots of praise for the CD version of this recording there is not a lot to say. Except maybe that once again TACET Real Surround Sound musically reaches far beyond normal stereo. Every magical detail of the interaction between Matthias Lingenfelder, Jens Oppermann, Stewart Eaton und Andreas Arndt becomes clear. An ambitious multichannel recording is no high tech version of stereo, for many listeners it is equal to a live concert.
2 reviews for 233 SACD / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartets KV 387 & KV 421
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Journal Frankfurt 09/18 –
Another audio masterpiece…
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Pizzicato –
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As expected, two master quartets by Mozart find master interpreters in the ‘Auryn Quartet’. The String Quartets No. 14, G major, KV 387, and No. 15, D minor, KV 421, are the first two of the six quartets that Mozart dedicated to Joseph Haydn, who he admired so much and are therefore listed under the The name 'Haydn Quartets' have become famous. The Auryns play the two works exactly as one would expect from them: rich in movement and detail, with a lot of imagination in dynamics, articulation, color values and the clear brilliance of the sound.
In this way, the structures are revealed, contrasts are highlighted, tensions are built up, drama is sharpened. What would create a cool, intellectual atmosphere in other quartets always remains warm-hearted and winningly spirited thanks to the sensitive music-making of these four musicians. The G major quartet benefits from this, as does the more dramatic D minor string quartet KV 421, which the Auryns approach in a very gestural manner and thus achieves rhetorical intensity beyond normal, lively music-making.
Tacet's 'Real Surround Sound' is immersive and yet completely natural and pleasantly spatial. This is also a real masterpiece.
Remy Franck