Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his String Quintet in C major, K. 515, in 1787, shortly after the Vienna premiere of his opera The Marriage of Figaro and just before he began work on Don Giovanni. Written in the wake of Figaro’s tumultuous and enthusiastic audience reception, the quintet reflects a moment between his operatic successes. This 2017 CMS performance from the Rose Studio features the Calidore String Quartet—Jeffrey Myers and Ryan Meehan, violins; Jeremy Berry, viola; Estelle Choi,