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Record Review: Mozart String Quintet No.3 in C in Building a Library with Roger Parker and Andrew McGregor

Mozart String Quintet No.3 in C in Building a Library with Roger Parker and Andrew McGregor

BBC Radio 3 - Record Review, Mozart String Quintet No.3 in C in Building a Library with Roger Parker and Andrew McGregor

Roger Parker chooses his favourite recording of Mozart's String Quintet No.3 in C major.

In Building a Library, Roger Parker chooses his favourite recording of Mozart's String Quintet No.3 in C and violinist Tasmin Little shares her selection of exciting new releases.

Andrew McGregor with the best new recordings of classical music.

9.30 am
Violinist Tasmin Little brings her selection of exciting new releases to the studio and shares her On Repeat track: music she has been listening to again and again.

10.30 am
Building a Library

Roger Parker chooses his favourite recording of Mozart's String Quintet No.3 in C major.

Mozart reaches a high peak of his genius in this quintet for strings. He and his friends played his quintets for fun, but what happened after that remains mysterious. Unlike his piano concertos which were quickly sold, the quintets were hardly snapped up by the amateurs, partly because of their technical difficulty. He was eventually forced to sell them to his publishers for next to nothing. The poignant slow movement is pure Mozart and the finale is jubilant and life-enhancing.

Recommended recording:
Quatuor Ebène
Antoine Tamestit (viola)
Erato 5419721332

11.20 am
Record of the Week: Andrew’s top pick.

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