Mozart: Complete String Trios

The Jacques Thibaud Trio has decided to have fun with the Divertimento, and, for me, it works wonderfully. I think I would sooner listen to this performance of the piece than I would any other;... — Fanfare, March/April 2021 More…

Release Date: 7th Aug 2020
Catalogue No: AUDITE97773
Label: Audite
Length: 82 minutes

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Mozart: Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563 ('Di sei pezzi')

Work length44:30

Jacques Thibaud String Trio

Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563 ('Di sei pezzi'): I. Allegro

Track length9:08

Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563 ('Di sei pezzi'): II. Adagio

Track length9:10

Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563 ('Di sei pezzi'): III. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio

Track length6:13

Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563 ('Di sei pezzi'): IV. Andante

Track length7:28

Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563 ('Di sei pezzi'): V. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio I - Trio II

Track length5:29

Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563 ('Di sei pezzi'): VI. Allegro

Track length7:02

Mozart: Preludes & Fugues (6) for string trio, K404a

Work length37:30

Jacques Thibaud String Trio

Preludes and Fugues, K. 404a: No. 1 in D Minor: Adagio

Track length4:00

Preludes and Fugues, K. 404a: No. 1 in D Minor: Fuga. Andante cantabile

Track length5:08

Preludes and Fugues, K. 404a: No. 2 in G Minor: Adagio

Track length3:20

Preludes and Fugues, K. 404a: No. 2 in G Minor: Fuga. Allegro

Track length3:09

Preludes and Fugues, K. 404a: No. 3 in F Major: Adagio

Track length2:58

Preludes and Fugues, K. 404a: No. 3 in F Major: Fuga. Vivace

Track length2:35

Preludes and Fugues, K. 404a: No. 4 in F Major: Adagio

Track length3:07

Preludes and Fugues, K. 404a: No. 4 in F Major: Fuga. Allegro

Track length6:13

Preludes and Fugues, K. 404a: No. 5 in E-Flat Major: Largo

Track length3:12

Preludes and Fugues, K. 404a: No. 5 in E-Flat Major: Fuga. Moderato

Track length3:48

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The complete Mozart works for string trio in a new recording with the Jacques Thibaud String Trio: alongside the well-known Divertimento, K. 563. Chamber music of the highest order, features rich harmonies, elaborately crafted contrapuntal textures and great technical challenges.

The Six Preludes and Fugues, K. 404a, are unique documents of Mozart's study of JS Bach's uvre, which was significantly to influence his later works.

The Preludes and Fugues are unique documents of Mozart's study of Bach's oeuvre. They contain three fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, one fugue each from The Art of Fugue and an organ sonata, as well as one fugue by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. Four of the preludes are probably Mozart's own, whilst two are from Bach's trio sonatas for organ. Mozart produced his arrangements for private Sunday gatherings at the home of Baron van Swieten, where he would play the viola part. Mozart's study of the old masters would prove an important influence on his later compositions.

The six-movement Divertimento, K. 563, of 1788 is considered as the string trio par excellence. It is chamber music of the highest order, with rich harmonies and elaborately crafted counterpoint. Here, Mozart makes greater technical demands on the performers than in his violin concertos or his Sinfonia concertante, K. 364, for violin, viola and orchestra. In his three-part writing, Mozart reaches astonishing depths, with double stops at times imitating the sound of a quartet. All three string instruments are treated completely equally, each in turn taking the lead; the viola and cello are given especially rewarding melodic lines.

This magnificent work condenses the entire potential of string trio playing into a 50-minute late Mozartian experience.

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March/April 2021

The Jacques Thibaud Trio has decided to have fun with the Divertimento, and, for me, it works wonderfully. I think I would sooner listen to this performance of the piece than I would any other; it’s irreverent and utterly delightful.

Mozart: Complete String Trios

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