Mozart Marathon: Reviews from our latest CD´s
To record all the Mozart´s sting quartets was a long and important project for us. We´re extremely grateful for all the attention and reviews we have received for our latest recordings and wanted to share some here with you.
November 6th, 2025, NativeDSD
Mozart String Quartets: Viennese Quartets, Engegård Quartet. Lawo Classics 2025
“The Engegård Quartet’s performances of Mozart are always wondrous events. Celebrate when you see a new release, and hurry out to get it. You will not be disappointed.
These “Viennese Quartets” by Mozart (1756-1791) comprise the most recent album from this outstanding Norwegian quartet, and marks the final volume in the Engegård Quartet’s ambitious and deeply personal journey through Mozart’s complete string quartets. It is a delightful foray, with all the wit, humor, and nuance that one might hope to find in performances of this music. As with the other releases from this cycle of the complete string quartets, these are played with stylistic insight and expressive depth…
…Engegård Quartet performs on modern instruments with what some describe as a “bold, fresh” interpretive style, contrasting with the use of period instruments and Historically Informed Performance (HIP) practice. I have no ax to grind in the winds of opinion about period instruments and practice versus modern. I find great enjoyment either way, all depending on the skill and artistry of the musicians. Here, that skill and artistry is among the top echelons of performance and their musicianship is highly rewarding, engaging, and endlessly satisfying.
Recorded by master recording engineer Thomas Wolden, the sound quality is beyond mere excellence. It is to be treasured, as are so many of his recordings.
Highly recommended!” - Rush Paul,
https://www.nativedsd.com/news/recent-finds-no-56-more-excellent-releases-found-at-nativedsd/
4th of June 2025, Den Klassiske Musikkbloggen
Mozart´s “Hoffmeister” String Quartets
“Igjen kommer de med en innspilling som virkelig er av det sublime slaget. Her møter vi fire strykere som er tett på den store østerriske mester Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts (1756-1791) musikk. Og for deg som satt klistret til radioen da Kjell Hillveg og Stein Eide presenterte sine klassiske nøtter, bringer spesielt en av satsene på innspillingen frem et nostalgisk smil.”- Trond Erikson
https://klassiskcd.blogspot.com/2025/06/kunsten-klare-en-klassiker.html
29th of November, Sonograma Magazine
Mozart´s Viennese’ Quartets, K.168-173
“This interpretation of the Viennese quartets is characterized by an exemplary balance between formal precision, stylistic sensitivity and expressive restraint. The Engegård Quartet presents works in which we hear the process of learning, experimentation and (supposed) dialogue with Haydn. It is a recording that sheds new light on quartets that are often unfairly relegated—an intelligent, elegant and deeply respectful reading of the music.”- Josep Bosch
https://sonograma.org/suplement-de-discos/viennese-quartets-mozart
