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Pépin: Les Eaux Célestes - Orchestre national de Lyon, Glassberg | Graham Williams - April 15, 2026

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Mahler: Symphonies 1–9 - Bychkov | Stephen Best - April 10, 2026

Correct. See my comments here: Pépin: Les Eaux Célestes - Orchestre national de Lyon, Glassberg

Mozart: String Quintets 1-6 - Fine Arts Quartet/Gandelsman

Lyrinx  LYR2214 (3 discs)

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Chamber

Mozart: String Quintets

Fine Arts Quartet
Yuri Gandelsman (viola)

All

Recording

DSD recording

Works (6)

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet No. 1 in B flat major, K. 174
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet No. 2 in C minor, K. 406/516b
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet No. 5 in D major, K. 593
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet No. 6 in E flat major, K. 614