Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: String Quartets in D major (Op. 44 No. 1), in E minor (Op. 44 No. 2) & in F minor (Op. 80)
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Vol. II of the complete recording of Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Chamber Music for Strings
4022143926579
92657
ACX
2012.11.16
"Das Mandelring Quartett besticht durch ihren klassisch schönen Musizierstil. Das Quartett bietet dem Hörer eine ausgewogene Mischung aus traditioneller Interpretation, sehr hohem spieltechnischen Niveau, einer lebendigen Aufführungspraxis und einer geschliffen transparenten Wiedergabe." (Pizzicato)
"Even by the phenomenally high standards they have set themselves, this Mandelring Quartet disc must count as one of their finest achievements on disc to date." (SA-CD.net)
As part of their complete recording of Felix Mendelssohn’s chamber music for strings, the Mandelring Quartett presents three quartets of completely different temperament and biographical context. The first two works from Op. 44 were tailored to the brilliant playing of Mendelssohn’s violinist friend Ferdinand David and contain the whole range of the composer’s musical colouring in chamber music. In contrast, his last quartet, Op. 80, composed in 1847, represents an unsettling document of his shock following the death of his sister Fanny.