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Listen to String Quartet No. 9 in C, Op. 59, No. 3 - "Rasumovsky No. 3": IV. Allegro molto by Amadeus Quartet, see lyrics, music video & more!

String Quartet No. 9 in C, Op. 59, No. 3 - "Rasumovsky No. 3": IV. Allegro moltoAmadeus Quartet

Listen to String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat, Op. 74 - "Harp": III. Presto - più Presto quasi Prestissimo by Amadeus Quartet, see lyrics, music video & more!

String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat, Op. 74 - "Harp": III. Presto - più Presto quasi PrestissimoAmadeus Quartet

Listen to String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95, "Serioso": III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso by Amadeus Quartet, see lyrics, music video & more!

String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95, "Serioso": III. Allegro assai vivace, ma seriosoAmadeus Quartet

Listen to String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95, "Serioso": I. Allegro con brio by Amadeus Quartet, see lyrics, music video & more!

String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95, "Serioso": I. Allegro con brioAmadeus Quartet

Listen to String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: I. Assai Sostenuto - Allegro by Amadeus Quartet, see lyrics, music video & more!

String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: I. Assai Sostenuto - AllegroAmadeus Quartet

Listen to Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "The Trout": IV. Thema (Andantino) - Variazioni I-V [Allegretto] by Emil Gilels & Amadeus Quartet, see lyrics, music video & more!

Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "The Trout": IV. Thema (Andantino) - Variazioni I-V [Allegretto]Emil Gilels & Amadeus Quartet

Listen to String Quartet in C Major, Hob. lll:77 (, Op. 76 No. 3 - "Emperor"): 2. Poco adagio, cantabile by Amadeus Quartet, see lyrics, music video & more!

String Quartet in C Major, Hob. lll:77 (, Op. 76 No. 3 - "Emperor"): 2. Poco adagio, cantabileAmadeus Quartet

Listen to String Quartet No.16 In F Major, Op. 135: 3. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo by Amadeus Quartet, see lyrics, music video & more!

String Quartet No.16 In F Major, Op. 135: 3. Lento assai, cantante e tranquilloAmadeus Quartet

Listen to String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95, "Serioso": II. Allegretto ma non troppo - by Amadeus Quartet, see lyrics, music video & more!

String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95, "Serioso": II. Allegretto ma non troppo -Amadeus Quartet

Listen to String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto by Amadeus Quartet, see lyrics, music video & more!

String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con motoAmadeus Quartet

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Listen to Mozart: Quartet, K. 464 & Quintet, K. 515 by Amadeus Quartet

ALBUMMozart: Quartet, K. 464 & Quintet, K. 515Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Beethoven: The String Quartets in Under 10 Minutes by Amadeus Quartet

ALBUMBeethoven: The String Quartets in Under 10 MinutesAmadeus Quartet

Listen to Amadeus Quartet 1956-1961: Haydn, Beethoven & Dvořák (Remastered 2018) by Amadeus Quartet

ALBUMAmadeus Quartet 1956-1961: Haydn, Beethoven & Dvořák (Remastered 2018)Amadeus Quartet

Listen to Beethoven: Streichquartette, Opp. 59 & 74 by Amadeus Quartet

ALBUMBeethoven: Streichquartette, Opp. 59 & 74Amadeus Quartet

Listen to Beethoven: Streichquartette, Opp. 95, 127, 130, 131, 132, 133 & 135 by Amadeus Quartet

ALBUMBeethoven: Streichquartette, Opp. 95, 127, 130, 131, 132, 133 & 135Amadeus Quartet

Listen to Mozart: String Quartet No.17 In B Flat, K.458 -"The Hunt" / Schubert: String Quartet No.10 In E Flat Major, D.87; String Quartet No. 8 In B Flat Major, D.112 (Op. Post. 168) / Mendelssohn: Four Pieces For String Quartet, Op.81, MWV R 35 by Amadeus Quartet

ALBUMMozart: String Quartet No.17 In B Flat, K.458 -"The Hunt" / Schubert: String Quartet No.10 In E Flat Major, D.87; String Quartet No. 8 In B Flat Major, D.112 (Op. Post. 168) / Mendelssohn: Four Pieces For String Quartet, Op.81, MWV R 35Amadeus Quartet

Listen to Schubert: String Quartet No.10 In E Flat Major, D.87; String Quartet No. 8 In B Flat Major, D.112 (Op. Post. 168); String Quartet No.9, D.173 by Amadeus Quartet

ALBUMSchubert: String Quartet No.10 In E Flat Major, D.87; String Quartet No. 8 In B Flat Major, D.112 (Op. Post. 168); String Quartet No.9, D.173Amadeus Quartet

Listen to Schubert: String Quartet No.13 In A Minor, D. 804 "Rosamunde"; String Quartet No.15 In G, D. 887; String Quartet No.12 In C Minor, D.703 - "Quartettsatz" by Amadeus Quartet

ALBUMSchubert: String Quartet No.13 In A Minor, D. 804 "Rosamunde"; String Quartet No.15 In G, D. 887; String Quartet No.12 In C Minor, D.703 - "Quartettsatz"Amadeus Quartet

Listen to Haydn: String Quartets (The RIAS Amadeus Quartet Recordings, Vol. VI - Bonus Track Edition) by Amadeus Quartet

ALBUMHaydn: String Quartets (The RIAS Amadeus Quartet Recordings, Vol. VI - Bonus Track Edition)Amadeus Quartet

Listen to Romanticism (The RIAS Amadeus Quartet Recordings, Vol. V) by Amadeus Quartet

ALBUMRomanticism (The RIAS Amadeus Quartet Recordings, Vol. V)Amadeus Quartet

Listen to Modernism (The RIAS Amadeus Quartet Recordings, Vol. IV) by Amadeus Quartet

ALBUMModernism (The RIAS Amadeus Quartet Recordings, Vol. IV)Amadeus Quartet

Listen to The RIAS Amadeus Quartet Mozart Recordings (Mozart: String Quartets, String Quintets & Clarinet Quintet) by Amadeus Quartet

ALBUMThe RIAS Amadeus Quartet Mozart Recordings (Mozart: String Quartets, String Quintets & Clarinet Quintet)Amadeus Quartet

Listen to Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 4 & 6 - Seiber: String Quartet No. 3 by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Beethoven, Haydn & Felix Mendelssohn: Works for String Quartet by Amadeus Quartet

ALBUMBeethoven, Haydn & Felix Mendelssohn: Works for String QuartetAmadeus Quartet

Listen to Mozart, Beethoven & Bruckner: String Quintets by Amadeus Quartet

ALBUMMozart, Beethoven & Bruckner: String QuintetsAmadeus Quartet

Listen to Tippett: String Quartet No. 2 - Rainier: String Quartet No. 1 by Amadeus Quartet

ALBUMTippett: String Quartet No. 2 - Rainier: String Quartet No. 1Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to The RIAS Amadeus Quartet Schubert Recordings, Vol. 2 by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to The RIAS Amadeus Quartet Beethoven Recordings, Vol. 1 - Bonus Digital Booklet Version by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Verdi / Tchaikovsky / Smetana: String Quartets by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Amadeus Quartet: Quartet Recital 1977 by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Mozart, W.A.: The String Quartets by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Haydn: the "Tost" Quartets by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Haydn: the Seven Last Words of Christ, Op. 51 by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Haydn: String Quartet In a Minor, D. 804 - "Rosamunde" by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Haydn: String Quartet In G Major, Op. Posth. 161, D. 887 by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Brahms: Two String Quartets, Op. 51 by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Schubert: String Quartet In D Minor by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Mozart: Chamber Works by Amadeus Quartet & Loewenguth Quartet

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Listen to Amadeus Quartet - Bruckner, Smetana, Verdi (A Tribute to Norbert Brainin) by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Haydn: String Quartets by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Amadeus Quartet: The 1950s Mozart recordings by Amadeus Quartet & Cecil Aronowitz

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Listen to Mozart: 4 Flute Quartets; Oboe Quartet by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Brahms: Quartet No. 1, Op. 25 & Four Ballades, Op. 10 by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "The Trout" & String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden" by Emil Gilels & Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to F. Schubert - Piano Quintet in A D667 "the trout" by Christoph Eschenbach, Amadeus Quartet, Georg Maximilian Hörtnagel, Rudolf Koeckert, Josef Merz & Oskar Riedl

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Listen to Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D.667 "The Trout"; String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D.810 "Death And The Maiden" by Emil Gilels & Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Mozart: Wind Quartets, Wind Quintets by Andreas Blau & Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Beethoven: String Quartets - "Rasoumovsky" & "Harp" by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Mozart: The String Quartets by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Schubert: String Quintet D. 956 - Mozart: Adagio & Fugue K. 456 by Amadeus Quartet & William Pleeth

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Listen to Brahms: Quartet for Piano and Strings in G Minor, Op. 25 by Amadeus Quartet & Murray Perahia

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Listen to Haydn, J: 6 String Quartets, Op. 76 by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Schubert: String Quintet in C, D.956 by Amadeus Quartet & Robert Cohen

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Listen to Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op. 76 No. 3, "Emperor" / Mozart: String Quartet in B, K. 458, "The Hunt" by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Schubert: String Quartet No.14 In D Minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden"; String Quartet No.12 In C Minor, D.703 - "Quartettsatz" by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Beethoven: The Last String Quartets by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K.478 - Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, K.493 by Amadeus Quartet & Walter Klien

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Listen to Smetana: String Quartett No. 1 "From My Life" - Dvorák: String Quartett No. 12 "American" by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to MacMillan: String Quartet In C Major; Two Sketches On French Canadian Airs by Amadeus Quartet

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Listen to Johannes Brahms: Quintets · Sextets by Christoph Eschenbach & Amadeus Quartet

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About Amadeus Quartet

Hometown

London, England

Formed

1947

Genre

Classical

The Amadeus Quartet—self-styled as the Wolf Gang in a nod to Mozart, for whom it was named—dominated the music landscape for 40 years following its debut in 1947. Formed by three Viennese refugees from Hitler’s Anschluss of Austria—Norbert Brainin, Siegmund Nissel, and Peter Schidlof—plus the English cellist Martin Lovett, the group’s sound was nurtured in the central European string tradition and became instantly recognizable for its generous full tones and heartfelt expressiveness. Renditions of classics by Haydn and Brahms anchor a discography that also includes the complete quartets of Mozart and Beethoven, while the quartet’s eagerness to probe musical pain and vulnerability ensured Schubert was another specialty. But there were also forays into 20th-century works by Bartók, Frank Bridge, and Priaulx Rainier. And it was with the group’s distinctive qualities in mind that Britten wrote his elegiac chamber music swansong, String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94.

Members of Amadeus Quartet include, or have included, Norbert Brainin, Martin Lovett, Peter Schidlof and more.