Spunicunifait is the curious name adopted by a group of five musicians, all of whom have a great deal of experience in chamber music as well as in prestigious orchestras such as the Chamber Orchestra of Europe; they have founded this ensemble to be able to devote themselves to the in-depth study and period instrument performance of Mozart's six string quintets. Their choice of a name is also a trifle facetious, copying the example set by Mozart in a letter to his cousin Maria Anna Thekla Mozart in which he wrote the three mysterious words "Spuni Cuni fait"; these could mean spun or woven / coney or rabbit / and "made," the past participle of the French verb faire: to make: something woven from rabbit skin, like the shawl his beloved cousin Bäsle wore in a self-portrait.
Lorenza Borani - violinMaia Cabeza - violinMax Mandel - violaSimone von Rahden - violaLuise Buchberger - violoncello
Tracklist
Total time: 01:22
1.
String Quintet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, K. 174: I. Allegro moderato
09:23
2.
String Quintet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, K. 174: II. Adagio
07:36
3.
String Quintet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, K. 174: III. Menuetto ma allegretto - Trio
03:57
4.
String Quintet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, K. 174: IV. Allegro
06:23
5.
String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K. 593: I. Larghetto - Allegro
10:10
6.
String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K. 593: II. Adagio
06:15
7.
String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K. 593: III. Menuetto. Allegretto
05:26
8.
String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K. 593: IV. Allegro
05:17
9.
String Quintet No. 1 in B Flat Major, K. 174: IV. Allegro (Sketch Version)
05:55
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Spunicunifait is the curious name adopted by a group of five musicians, all of whom have a great deal of experience in chamber music as well as in prestigious orchestras such as the Chamber Orchestra of Europe; they have founded this ensemble to be able to devote themselves to the in-depth study and period instrument performance of Mozart's six string quintets. Their choice of a name is also a trifle facetious, copying the example set by Mozart in a letter to his cousin Maria Anna Thekla Mozart in which he wrote the three mysterious words "Spuni Cuni fait"; these could mean spun or woven / coney or rabbit / and "made," the past participle of the French verb faire: to make: something woven from rabbit skin, like the shawl his beloved cousin Bäsle wore in a self-portrait.
Lorenza Borani - violinMaia Cabeza - violinMax Mandel - violaSimone von Rahden - violaLuise Buchberger - violoncello