Gaetano Brunetti, qui est né en Italie, probablement en Fano, en 1744 et mort à Madrid en 1798, était parmi les compositeurs les plus progressistes de son temps. Il rejoint la Cour de Madrid dès le début et sous le roi Charles III rose pour le poste de professeur de violon et Bugles du Prince des Asturies, le futur roi Charles IV. Sous son règne, la vie musicale à la Cour d'Espagne a gagné en importance et Brunetti rose d'être le directeur de l'orchestre royal de chambre fondée en 1795. Le quintette à cordes présents s'engage au style concertante. Comme toutes les parties dans cette pièce peuvent changer leur fonction, les registres sont souvent changés ainsi qui mène à un paramètre de chaîne avec les plus subtiles nuances tonales. Ce quintet est un ajout précieux pour ensembles de l'intéressé. / 2 Violons, 2 Altos Et Violoncelle

?Because I only need four parts to express everything? Haydn is said to have replied thus when asked why he had not composed a string quintet. Mozart saw things differently. He applied himself to this genre sixtimes even giving important parts to the two Violas. Following Volume II which contains the three most often played quintets we warmly recommend Mozart?s first Quintet K. 174 to ensembles (the 3rd andfinal volume was published in 2008). The editors were able to refer to the autograph which is once again accessible. It shows Mozart?s intensive compositional work resulting in the fact that he composed the minuet andfinale of the work a second time. The first version of both movements is included in the appendix of our edition enabling insightful comparisons.

With the publication of the masterpieces K. 593 and 614 all of Mozart’s string quintets are now available in Henle Urtext. Our edition corrects several widespread misreadings of the musical text and also draws on the firstprintings as important sources. The first printing of the Finale from the Quintet in D major K. 593 diverges greatly from the autograph. The editors consider it probable that the print version was authorized which is the reasonwhy we have published both versions of the movement (to enable a better comparison it is given as an ossia version above the musical text). In the Preface and Comments the editors shed light on the source situation to these twoimmortal works written in the last two years of Mozart’s life.

Mozart's String Quintets No. 4-8 contains a set of parts for the following Quintets composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; String Quintet No. 2 in C minor K406 String Quintet No. 3 in C major K515 String Quintet No. 4 in G minor K516 String Quintet No. 5 in D major K593 String Quintet No. 6 in E flat major K614.

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