MOZART: TWO PIANO QUARTETS, K478 & K493 - NASH ENSEMBLE

Mozart: The Two Piano Quartets K478, K493The Nash Ensemble(Marianne Thorsen – violinLawrence Power – violaPaul Watkins – cellolan Brown – piano) “Mozart’s piano quartets, sharply contrasted, are among the finest of his chamber works, with K478 bringing depths that G minor always seems to draw from him. This new performance … has a better, more just balance, so that sparkling piano is a constant delight … partnered by an exceptionally strong trio of string players … lighter and faster than rivals, yet dazzlingly clear… The E flat K493 … more orchestral texture, but again this performance is lighter and the slow movement more tenderly expressive. In the finale too the Nash play with extra sparkle, with rhythms jauntily sprung … far more charming than … rivals, and the rapid triplet figuration is a delight to the ear … this new offering stands among the finest.”(Gramophone) Piano Quartet in G minor, K478 (1785)[1] I: Allegro 14:24[2] II: Andante 6:57[3] III: Rondo: Allegro moderato 7:4