CD 1:
String Quartet No. 9 in A Major, K. 169
String Quartet No. 18 in A Major, K. 464
String Quartet No. 22 in B Flat Major, K. 589

CD 2:
String Quartet No. 1 in G Major, K. 80
String Quartet No. 17 in B flat Major, K. 458
String Quartet No. 20 in D Major, K. 499

CD 3:
String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387
String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K. 590

CD 4:
String Quartet No. 2 in D Major, K. 155
String Quartet No. 8 in F Major, K. 168
String Quartet No. 12 in B flat Major, K. 172
String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K. 575

CD 5:
String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, K. 157
String Quartet No. 6 in B flat Major, K. 159
String Quartet No. 7 in E flat Major, K. 160
String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465

CD 6:
String Quartet No. 11 in E flat Major, K. 171
String Quartet No. 13 in D Minor, K. 173
String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421

CD 7:
String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, K. 156
String Quartet No. 5 in F Major, K. 158
String Quartet No. 10 in C Major, K. 170
String Quartet No. 16 in E flat Major, K. 424

Mozart’s string quartet output can be easily divided into two groups: on the one hand, the thirteen early works written by a teenager, and the ten “celebrated” Viennese masterpieces on the other. Not a single movement in this impressive oeuvre could ever be described as insignificant; on the contrary.

Mozart’s early string quartets are brimming with endless variety of imagination, with the pleasure of experimenting, and the sheer joy of music- making; meanwhile, each movement of the “ten celebrated quartets” (Alfred Einstein) is a unique masterpiece in its own right.

This box with 7 CDs collates the original 5 Volumes (incl. The original booklets) , which had been released between 2016 und 2022.

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Recordings: Sendesaal Bremen, Studio 2 des Bayerischen Rundfunks, b-sharp Studio Berlin, 2015-2021.