Mozart’s Quartet for Oboe and Strings, K. 370 (K. 368b), is easily the most beloved, most performed, and most recorded oboe quartet ever composed. The quartet for oboe and three strings, however, was a far more popular Classical Era form than is generally known, even by many oboists. Vanhal, Krommer and Míca, the three composers featured alongside Mozart on this recording, were all of Bohemian or Moravian birth, but each made Vienna his home for at least a significant portion of his career. Ensemble Rhapsody was founded by core members Michael Niesemann and Pauline Nobes in 1994 and has performed in England, Belgium and Germany. The concert programmes range from Baroque and Classical through to contemporary and Jazz.