莫札特: 鋼琴四重奏KV478, KV493 黛戈 小提琴 李道特 中提琴 范德海登 大提琴 科利 鋼琴 Francesco Dego, Timothy Ridout / Mozart: The Piano Quartets

莫札特: 鋼琴四重奏KV478, K493
法蘭倩絲卡.黛戈 小提琴
提摩西.李道特 中提琴
蘿拉.范德海登 大提琴
費德里克.科利 鋼琴

在2022年夏天的一系列非常成功的音樂會之後, 小提琴家法蘭倩絲卡.黛戈, 中提琴家提摩西.李道特, 大提琴家蘿拉.范德海登和鋼琴家費德里克.科利一起進錄音室錄製莫札特的鋼琴四重奏作品. 雖然當時他不是將中提琴加入受歡迎的鋼琴三重奏的第一位作曲家, 莫札特無疑的是第一位這樣做並且非常成功的人. 在他的鋼琴四重奏中, 弦樂器變成與鋼琴平等的夥伴, 並不是只是伴奏而已 – 就像他的鋼琴協奏曲一樣. 他選擇的格式再度強化了這種連結 – 不像他的弦樂四重奏, 鋼琴四重奏不是有四個樂章而是三個: 一個濃郁的奏鳴曲格式的樂章, 一個用相關聯的音調(key)較淡而且緩慢的樂章放在中間, 和結尾的輪旋曲(rondo)樂章. 這張的兩件作品是在三年期間寫完的, 從1784年2月到1786年12月, 在這段時間莫札特還寫了12首鋼琴協奏曲. 第一件四重奏是莫札特很少用的G小調寫的 – 整體的氣氛是非常陰暗的, 幾乎是令人焦慮不安的. 相比之下, 第二件的降E大調四重奏氣氛就非常開朗快樂. 因此這兩件作品一起作用之下就變成一個令人非常滿意的節目.

Following a highly successful series of concerts in the summer of 2022, Francesca Dego, Timothy Ridout, Laura van der Heijden, and Federico Colli headed into the studio to record Mozart's Piano Quartets. Whilst he may not have been the first composer to add a viola to the popular piano trio, Mozart was certainly the first to do so with such outstanding success. In his piano quartets, the strings become an equal partner to the piano, rather than mere accompaniment – much as in his piano concertos. This link is reinforced by his choice of form – unlike his string quartets, the piano quartets have three movements rather than four: a full-bodied movement in sonata form, a lighter central slow movement in a related key, and a rondo finale. Both works were composed during the three-year period, from February 1784 to December 1786, in which Mozart wrote twelve piano concertos. The first quartet is written in the key of G minor – rarely used by Mozart – and the overall mood is quite dark, almost disturbing. The second quartet, in E flat major, is by contrast much sunnier in atmosphere. Consequently, the two works together make for a very satisfying programme.