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Enso String Quartet

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This is the second installment, following the previously released Nos. 13 (8.557496). Although he composed numerous string quartets during the same era as Haydn and Mozart, this recording serves to widely publicize that fact. Opus 2 is truly a masterpiece of the Classical period, on par with Haydns works.When Mozart happened to come across a newly published set of scores of Pleyels string quartets in 1784, he praised them highly and wrote the following letter to his father: Pleyels works are a real headache for us. They are so well written and a great pleasure to listen to. I think youll immediately recognize who Pleyels teacher is. If, in time, Pleyel were to occupy the position Haydn holds today, it would be a stroke of good fortune for the musical world. Mozart may have been referring to the Op. 2 string quartet collection. This collection was published that same year and dedicated to