Mozart: Flute Quartets (CD)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756–1791

Flute Quartets

Quartet in D K.285 for flute, violin, viola and cello

1. I. Allegro 7’07
2. II. Adagio 2’27
3. III. Rondeau 4’45

Quartet in G K.285a for flute, violin, viola and cello

4. I. Andante 4’35
5. II. Tempo di Menuetto 3’11

Quartet in C K.285b for flute, violin, viola and cello

6. I. Allegro 5’41
7. II. Tema con variazioni (Andante - Adagio - Allegro) 9’32

Quartet in G K.370 for flute, violin, viola and cello

(1st edition 1801: arrangement of the oboe-quartet F major)

8. I. Allegro 6’38
9. II. Adagio 2’47
10. III. Rondo allegro 4’57

Quartet in A K.298 for flute, violin, viola and cello

11. I. Tema (Andante) con variazioni 5’59
12. II. Menuetto/Trio 2’31
13. III. Rondeau (Allegretto grazioso) 2’54

Total time: 63’12

Ardinghello Ensemble

Karl Kaiser flute (August Grenser, Dresden 1790, by Martin Wenner)

Annette Rehberger violin

Sebastian Wohlfarth viola

Johannes Berger cello

Recording: January 21–23 2023, Theodor-Egel-Saal, Freiburg, Germany