String quartet

SKU: HH.HH187-FSP

Composed by Vaclav Pichl. Edited by Christopher Hogwood. Two Violins, Viola, Violoncello. Full score and parts. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH187-FSP. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH187-FSP).

ISBN 9781905779178.

Like so many of his compatriots, the Czech born Vaclav Pichl spent much of his working life in Vienna (where the Empress Maria Theresa, preferred him to Mozart), but with a period working for Dittersdorf (in what is now Rumania) and nearly twenty years spent in Milan. His compositions were performed at EszterhA!za by Haydn, who had a set of Pichl's new quartets copied in 1780 (he wrote over 30 quartets in all).His compositions were performed at EszterhA!za by Haydn, who had a set of Pichl's new quartets copied in 1780 (he wrote over 30 quartets in all).

String quartet

SKU: HH.HH188-FSP

Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Christopher Hogwood. String Quartet. Full score and parts. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH188-FSP. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH188-FSP).

ISBN 9790708059639.

The present set of three string quartets, published in Vienna in 1799 by André, are arranged from two violin sonatas and a piano trio; a certain independence is noticeable in the anonymous arranger, but the result is three strikingly effective new quartets to add to the Mozart oeuvre which will delight all players familiar with the originals and prove a gracious alternative to quartets who look for some escape from the familiar and over exposed repertoire.