About this work
Quartet K. 458 opens its Allegro vivace assai with call-like motifs of a highly recognisable shape. These gestures pass between registers, overlap regular accompaniments and return in different light, giving the movement unity without uniformity.
The Menuetto Moderato comes second and sets a firm dance against a more relaxed trio. The Adagio then unfolds long lines above a discreet pulse. The final Allegro assai transforms short motifs into rapid exchanges and collective cadences.
Let the calls speak without hardening them, and answer with the same length of articulation. The slow movement needs a present but never heavy bass. In the finale, identify every change of role: an accompanying part should recede as soon as another voice takes the principal motif.
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