Mozart: The Prussian Quartets
The King of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm II, was a good amateur cellist, and it is to him that Mozarts next three string quartets are dedicated. Artists: Franz Schubert Quartet of Vienna; Florian Zwiauer (violin I), Helge Rosenkranz (violin II), Hartmut Pascher (viola) Vincent Stadlmair (cello) Listen to this album on Spotify: Online purchase or streaming (Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music): Our music is available for sync licensing in videos, films, tvshows, advertising and more. For more information and to request a license go to: The cello plays a prominent part in these three quartets, with some innovative techniques, which may have stretched the royal cellist a little The composition of this set was begun against the backdrop of the French Revolution in 1789, and the Duport brothers, both wellknown musicians had escaped France to settle in Berlin. Mozart knew the elder of the two brothers well, and so was surely aware of the treatise on the cello by
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