Hagen Quartet

The Hagen Quartet is a company founded in the 1970's string quartet ensemble of Salzburg and is one of the leading string quartets in the world. The Hagen Quartet was particularly known for his recording of the complete string quartets of Mozart.

The quartet was sponsored by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. As the " Hagen- children " they have the mid- 1970s, making music at the youth competition won the first prize in Leoben. 1981 Gidon Kremer invited the quartet to his first chamber music festival curls a house; this first appearance before an international audience is considered to be the official "birthday " of the quartet.

Members

  • Lukas Hagen (violin)
  • Rainer Schmidt ( violin), since 1987
  • Veronika Hagen ( viola)
  • Clemens Hagen ( cello)
  • Angelika Hagen, to 1981
  • Annette Bik, from 1981 to 1987

Discography (selection)

  • W. A. Mozart 's complete string quartets ( German Grammophon )
  • J. Haydn Quartets op.20 The 6 sun and rider and lark quartet ( German Grammophon )
  • J. Brahms The String Quintets ( with G. Caussee ) ( German Grammophon )
  • Dvorak / Kurtag / Schulhoff String Quartets ( German Grammophon )
  • Beethoven / Schubert Op.95 and D 887 G major ( German Grammophon )
  • L. van Beethoven Op.18 / 4 and op.131 ( German Grammophon )
  • F. Schubert "Rosamunde" quartet and set ( German Grammophon )
  • D. Shostakovich quartets Nr.4/11/14 ( German Grammophon )
  • W. A. Mozart 's "Kleine Nachtmusik " ​​and Divertimenti ( with A. Posch ) ( German Grammophon )
  • Lutoslawsky / Ligeti / Schnittke String Quartets ( German Grammophon )
  • Schubert / Beethoven 's "Death and the Maiden" and op.135 ( German Grammophon )
  • Weber / Mozart Clarinet Quintets ( with E. Brunner ) ( German Grammophon )
  • Debussy / Ravel String Quartets ( German Grammophon )
  • Beethoven / Mozart / Bach Op.130, Grosse Fuge, 4 - voice fugues and Adagio and Fugue ( German Grammophon )
  • Beethoven String Quartets Op. 18/1 and Op 59/1 ( German Grammophon )
  • Beethoven String Quartets Op. 127 and Op 132 ( German Grammophon )
  • F. Schubert Trout Quintet ( with A. Ship / A. Posch ) ( Decca )
  • Schumann String Quartet op.41 / 1 and Piano Quintet (with P. Gulda ) ( German Grammophon )
  • Schumann String Quartet op.41 / 2 and op.41 / 3 ( German Grammophon )
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