This volume brings together Mozart’s youthful attempts at this later so central genre of the string quartet: the astonishing “Lodi Quartet” K. 80 by the only fourteen-year-old composer, the three “Quartet-Divertimenti” K. 136–138 which are also readily played by chamber orchestras, and Mozart’s first true string-quartet cycle K. 155–160 which was composed during his third (north-)Italian journey in 1772/73. Mozart’s cleanly written scores of all the compositions have been preserved so that the edition stands on a secure foundation.

In his informative commentary, Wolf-Dieter Seiffert, the experienced Mozart editor at G. Henle Publishers, devotes a separate, comprehensive explanatory section to the well-known articulation problem “dot or wedge”. The Armida Quartet provided artistic input for this edition.

Wolf-Dieter Seiffert (Editor)

Content:
String Quartet "Lodi" G major KV 80 (73f)
Divertimento D major KV 136 (125a)
Divertimento B flat major KV 137 (125b)
Divertimento F major KV 138 (125c)
String Quartet D major KV 155 (134a)
String Quartet G major KV 156 (134b)
String Quartet C major KV 157
String Quartet F major KV 158
String Quartet B flat major KV 159
String Quartet E flat major KV 160 (159a)