The Quatuor Mosaïques is an Austrianstring quartet, founded in 1987 by Erich Höbarth, Andrea Bischof, Anita Mitterer, and Christophe Coin, four members of theConcentus Musicus Wien[1] who play on historicalmusical instruments. The name of the quartet refers tomosaics and is intended to reference the way details impact on the complete work of art. They specialize in music of the 18th century.
The three Austrian musicians and the French cellistChristophe Coin got to know each other in Vienna as members of Concentus Musicus working under the direction ofNikolaus Harnoncourt. With their shared experiences as a starting point, they decided to form a classical string quartet playing on period instruments. The primary aim was not to create the sort of ‘authenticity’ that belongs in museums, but rather to ensure in their work a living link to the great European quartet tradition. Hence an essential inspiration for the group was theVégh Quartet, of which Erich Höbarth had been a member for its last three years.[2]
In 2006 the Quatuor was invited to Spain to play the quartet ofStradivari instruments belonging to the Spanish Crown. It presented a programme of quartets byArriaga at the Royal Palace in Madrid, which was subsequently recorded on CD. The Quatuor Mosaïques' very extensive repertoire includes rarely performed works by Pleyel, Tomasini, Werner, Jadin, Gross, Boëly, Schumann, and Brahms. It has performed works of the early twentieth century, by composers such as Debussy, Bartók and Webern.
The group's first recordings were on the Astree label ofMichel Bernstein. The Quatuor's discography includes works by Arriaga, Beethoven, Boccherini, Boëly, Haydn, H. Jadin, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Schubert.
Beethoven, Quatuors à cordes nos 12 - 16 (2017,3 SACD Naïve)
Boccherini, Quintettes avec piano, op. 56 et 57 [G.407-408 et G.411] et [G.414-415 et G.418] « dédiés à la Nation Française » - Quatuor Mosaïques etPatrick Cohen,piano-forte (October 1993 et November 1989, Astrée E 8518 & E 8721)[3]OCLC30652640,OCLC23160715
Quatuor à cordes 18 et 19 (November 1993, Astrée E 8748)
Quatuor à cordes K 387 et 421 (September 1990, Astrée E 8746)[8]OCLC870140873
Quatuors à cordes K 499 et K 589 (January 2001, Astrée-Auvidis)OCLC48512769
Quatuors à cordes K 575 et K 590 (July 1998, Astrée)OCLC56915122
Quintette avec clarinette K 581; Trio « les quilles » K 498 - Wolfgang Meyer, clarinette; Patrick Cohen, hammerflügel (October et November 1992, Astrée E 8736 / Naïve)[9]OCLC71442218,854864739
Quatuors à cordes nos 1 & 13 opus 125/D87 et opus 29/D 804 « Rosamunde » (Astrée-Auvidis E 8580)OCLC77252554
Quatuor à cordes « Der Tod und das Mädchen », D 810; Quatuor à cordes, D 173 (2009, Laborie)OCLC857092753
Woelfl, Quatuors à cordes op. 4 n° 3 et op. 10 nos 1 & 4 - sur des instruments du luthier viennois, Franz Geissenhof (1753–1821) (26-30 September 2011, Paladino Music PMR0023)OCLC808668204
^Jacques Bonnaure (January 1991). "L'invité de Répertoire : Le Quatuor Mosaïques" [Guest of Repertoire: The Mosaic Quartet].Répertoire (in French) (32). Paris:9–10.ISSN1148-6244.
^Kerstin Unseld [SWR2 (Südwestrundfunk Kanal 2], December 16, 2009.Das Zweite ist das Erste ("The Second is the First")Archived 2019-01-12 at theWayback Machine. "Für die Streichquartett-Kultur erwies sich dieses Zusammentreffen von Erich Höbarth, Andrea Bischof, Anita Mitterer, und Christophe Coin als ein Glücksfall, blickt man auf die mittlerweile mehr als 20 Jahre zurück, in denen die vier Concentus Musicus-Mitglieder als Quatuor Mosaïques auf den Konzertbühnen international gastieren und Erfolge feiern… Dabei stand nie eine museale 'Authentizität' im Vordergrund, vielmehr sollte die lebendige Verbindung zur großen europäischen Quartett-Tradition spürbar werden. So gingen vom legendären Végh-Quartett, dessen Mitglied Erich Höbarth drei Jahre lang war, wesentliche Impulse aus: Letztes Ziel jeder Interpretation sollte sein, den inneren geistigen Reichtum der Musik zu offenbaren." ("This meeting of Erich Höbarth, Andrea Bischof, Anita Mitterer, and Christophe Coin turned out to be a stroke of luck for the string quartet culture, if one looks back on the now more than 20 years in which the four Concentus Musicus members performed as Quatuor Mosaïques giving guest performances on international concert stages and celebrating success... A museum-like 'authenticity' was never the priority, rather the living connection to the great European quartet tradition should be noticeable. Essential impulses emanated from the legendary Végh Quartet, of which Erich Höbarth was a member for three years: the ultimate goal of every interpretation should be to reveal the inner spiritual richness of the music ") Retrieved January 12, 2019.
^Upon its release, this disc was distinguished with an « 8 » dans le magazineRépertoire No. 23.
^Christophe Coin playing the Stradivarius violoncello « Marquis de Corberon ».
^Upon its release, this disc was distinguished by Jean Hamon with a « 10 » dans le magazineRépertoire No. 28 et le second, par Jean Hamon également, dans le No. 54.Télérama pour sa part ayant donné « 4 f », dans le No. 2113 au premier, en juillet 1990.
^Upon its release, this disc was distinguished by Éric Taver with an « 8 » dans le magazineRépertoire No. 136, June 2000, p. 47 et unDiapason d'or dans le n° 471 de June 2000.
^Upon its release, this disc was distinguished by Olivier-Goerges Moglia with an « 8 » dans le magazineRépertoire n° 85, November 1995 p. 47 et « 5Y » dans le magazineDiapason n° 420.
^Upon its release, this disc was distinguished by Dominique Meyer with a « 9 » dans le magazineRépertoire n° 34, March 1991, p. 61.
^Upon its release, this disc was awarded aDiapason d'or, n° 393, March 1993.
