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| Mozart: String Quartets /Quatuor Mosaiques | 
 enlarge | Creators: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mosaiques Quartet, Quatuor Mosaiques
Label: Astree
Category: Music
List Price: $41.99
Buy New: $28.78
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 79946
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5 x 2.1
MPN: 8889
UPC: 822186088890
EAN: 0822186088890
ASIN: B0000CNTK4
Release Date: November 18, 2003
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not Mozart May 6, 2008
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
I am finding it extremely difficult to "enter" these interpretations - it just doesn't sound like Mozart to me. There is little spontaneity, the playing is stiff and contrived.
Courtly grace seems more appropriate to Haydn - and indeed the Haydn's Opus 33 recording by Q. Mosaiques, which I have, is very beautiful - but with Mozart they miss the lightness of step required to bring these works to life.
I am disappointed - I still feel the need to buy other interpretations for greater access to these quartets This group (Q Mosaiques) has a cult following - but there is no truth in music. And, certainly, a monolithic approach is going to be limited and ultimately boring when applied consistently across composers and works.
 Miraculous October 28, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have listened to just one CD by Quatuor Mosaiques: Mozart's String Quartets No. 16 (in E-flat Major, K. 428) and No. 17 (in B flat Major, K. 458, also know as "The Hunt"). The Adagio from The Hunt is miraculously beautiful.
Mozart on original instruments. December 19, 2006
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is a superb recording. The Quatuor Mosaiques is one of the finest quartets in the world. Their intonation is spectacular, and achieved without the crutch of constant vibrato. Their performances are stylistically informed, but never pedantic. Above all, though, their musicality, thorough understanding of the music, and ability to shape each piece dramatically without falling into Romantic excess are what place them a notch or two above any other original instrument quartet (and practically every other quartet as well).
Please give them a try and help spread the word (their Haydn recordings are also breathtaking.)
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