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Background: After two widely acclaimed Haydn releases, the Jerusalem Qt now turns to an exploration of Mozart and three distinct periods in his creative life. Haydn is not totally absent from this recording, since the central quartet belongs to the glorious group of six which Mozart, now firmly established in Vienna, dedicated to his elder in 1785.

Twelve years earlier, the teenage composer was still amusing himself with the Sammartinian model in the third of his ‘Milanese’ Quartets’ and four years after the ‘Haydn’ set, Mozart abandoned the divertimento style once and for all, presenting in the second of the ‘Prussian’ Quartets a score that radically renewed the practice of chamber music.

The Jerusalem Qt was founded in 1993, and began its training in Jerusalem, under the direction of the violinist Avi Abramovitch. The young quartet soon became a force to reckon with on the international scene: in 1996 it won First Prize in chamber music at the Jerusalem Academy, and in 1997 a double prize at the Graz International Competition for its performances of works by Kurtág and Bartók. From 1999 to 2001 the quartet received support from the BBC (as BBC New Generation Artists), then in 2003 it was the recipient of the first Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award.

The Jerusalem Qt is now a regular guest on major European and American concert platforms. It took part in the Vancouver Recital Series, the Verbier Festival and the Robeco Summer Concert Series in Amsterdam. In 2007, it toured in Australia and Japan. It is Musica Viva’s Quartet-in-Residence from 2006 until 2009 (Australia).

The Jerusalem Qt regularly partners Mitsuko Uchida, Jessye Norman, Daniel Barenboim, Elena Bashkirova, Tabea Zimmermann, Natalia Gutman, Itamar Golan, Boris Pergamenshikov, and the Vermeer and Pražák Qts.

The Quartet is grateful to Daniel Barenboim who generously loans Jacqueline du Pré's 'Sergio Perresson' cello to Kyril Zlotnikov.

CATALOGUE NR: HMC902076
RECORD LABEL: Harmonia Mundi
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 31-Jan-2011

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE: String Quartets
TRACKS: String Quartet No.4 in C K157. String Quartet No.17 in B flat major K458 'The Hunt'. String Quartet No.22 in B flat major K589.
ARTISTS: Jerusalem Qt      

- 2012 star Classic CD Mag. 'BBC Music Magazine 2012 Awards Nomination' - Apr-2011 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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