Prizes - 1980: Orphée d'or

Despite its Dutch-sounding name, the quartet founded by Nicolas Van Kuijk in 2012 is French. But its short career is already international. The Quatuor Van Kuijk won First Prize in the 2015 Wigmore Hall Competition and First Prize and Audience Award at the Trondheim International Chamber Competition, and its members have been named BBC New Generation Artists until 2017. It has also been distinguished by the Academy of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, and it is in the framework of the latter’s partnership with Alpha Classics that it has recorded this programme. Mozart is obviously the ideal composer to forge a link between chamber music and opera, the raison d’être of the Aix Festival. This programme combines an impish divertimento by the youthful Mozart of 1772 with two mature quartets composed around 1782, including the famous ‘Dissonance’ Quartet with its eminently dramatic opening. Nowhere else in Mozart’s quartets do theatre and counterpoint form such a happy pairing. Praised by The Guardian for its ‘style, energy, and a sense of risk’, the QVK is one of the most promising chamber groups of the new generation. Alpha is proud to accompany it for several recording projects.

ALBUM WORKS: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550 Conductor: Sir Solti Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe Period: Classical Form: Symphony Written: 1788 Country: Vienna, Austria Studio/Live: Studio Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter" Conductor: Sir Solti Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe Period: Classical Form: Symphony Written: 1788 Country: Vienna, Austria Studio/Live: Studio Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467 Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano) Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Classical Form: Concerto Written: 1785 Country: Vienna, Austria Studio/Live: Studio Amsterdam Mozart Ensemble Rondo in A Minor, K. 511 Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano) Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra Studio/Live: Studio Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466 Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano) Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra Period: Classical Form: Concerto Written: 1785 Country: Vienna, Austria Studio/Live: Studio Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622 Conductor: Neville Marriner Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Period: Classical Form: Concerto Written: 1791 Country: Vienna, Austria Studio/Live: Studio Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Concerto for Flute and Harp in C major, K 299 (297c) Conductor: Neville Marriner Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Period: Classical Form: Concerto Written: 1778 Country: Paris, France Studio/Live: Studio Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Concerto for Horn no 4 in E flat major, K 495 Conductor: Neville Marriner Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Period: Classical Form: Concerto Written: 1786 Country: Vienna, Austria Studio/Live: Studio Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Requiem in D minor, K 626 Conductor: Peter Schreier Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Chorus Period: Classical Form: Requiem Written: 1791 Country: Vienna, Austria Studio/Live: Studio Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Mass in C major, K 317 "Coronation" Conductor: Peter Schreier Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Chorus Period: Classical Form: Mass Written: 1779 Country: Salzburg, Austria Studio/Live: Studio Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Ave verum corpus in D major, K 618 Conductor: Peter Schreier Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Chorus Period: Classical Form: Motet Written: 1791 Country: Baden, Austria Studio/Live: Studio

《莫扎特最著名的歌剧序曲及小夜曲》古典之美，工整而严谨。在这张唱片中，三部歌剧序曲——《费加罗的婚礼》、《魔笛》和《唐璜》是由英国指挥大师科林·戴维斯率领德累斯顿国家交响乐团演奏的，而两部耳熟能详的小夜曲则由其指挥著名的巴伐利亚广播交响乐团演奏。 这其中无论是序曲还是小夜曲，诠释与演绎都非常出色。 德累斯顿国家交响乐团演奏的序曲雄浑而壮阔，极具辉煌效果；而巴伐利亚广播交响乐团演奏的小夜曲则充满精致圆润的美感。科林·戴维斯对于莫扎特作品的演绎向来体现着工整而严谨的古典之美，从而深受广大乐迷的追捧和喜爱。 ●优雅活泼的小夜曲与庄重华丽的歌剧序曲再次惊艳回旋 ●最能体现精致和典雅的“莫扎特”的优秀演绎 深受追捧和喜爱的音乐天才名作。德累斯顿国家交响乐团 巴伐利亚广播交响乐团／科林·戴维斯 指挥。