Melos Quartet: Quartet Recital 1979

At the time of this concert, the Stuttgart Melos Quartet had already been in existence for a decade and a half, during which time they had given concerts in almost every country in the world. The musicians had set themselves the task of rehearsing at least one work by a living composer every year. in 1977 Wolfgang Fortner had entrusted them with the premiere of his fourth string quartet, and they played it again that evening in Schwetzingen. The well-known works by Haydn and Ravel in ravishing interpretations framed Fortner’s moderately modern-sounding piece.