Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his String Quintet in C major, K. 515, in 1787, shortly after the Vienna premiere of his opera The Marriage of Figaro and just before he began work on Don Giovanni. Written in the wake of Figaro’s tumultuous and enthusiastic audience reception, the quintet reflects a moment between his operatic successes. This 2017 CMS performance from the Rose Studio features the Calidore String Quartet—Jeffrey Myers and Ryan Meehan, violins; Jeremy Berry, viola; Estelle Choi,

It existed for only eight years, but in that short span, the New Music String Quartet “established standards of quartet playing which have only rarely been equaled since and which have never been surpassed” (Montreal Gazette, 1969). Beginning in 1950, the NMSQ made a celebrated series of recordings, but in spite of the impressive critical acclaim, they did not stay in the LP catalog for long. We have now collected a 10-CD set, making most of them available for the first time on CD! Learn more he