Mozart - String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421 / K. 417b [complete]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s String Quartet No. 15 in D minor K. 421/417b, the second of the Quartets dedicated to Haydn and the only one of the set in a minor key, is believed to have been completed in 1783. The quartet is, however, undated in the autograph. It is in four movements: 1. Allegro moderato 2. Andante (F major) 3. Menuetto and Trio (the latter in D major). Allegretto 4. Allegretto ma non troppo The first movement is characterized by a sharp contrast between the aperiodicity of the first subject gr