Mendelssohn String Quartets Vol.1 / Nos. 1, 4, 6
With their often turbulent and dark-hued openings, poignant slow movements, elfin Scherzos reminiscent of the music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and tense, thrilling last movements of perpetual motion, Mendelssohn’s String Quartets are works of considerable emotional range and mastery of form. This first disc of the complete String Quartets ranges from the youthful No. 1, Op. 12 (actually the second of the published quartets) to the great, tragic String Quartet No. 6, Op. 80, Mendelssohn’s last major work, composed after the death of his sister.
March 2008 Naxos Classical Catalogue 8.570001
Producer: Norbert Kraft & Bonnie Silver
Engineer: Norbert Kraft
Track Listing
String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
i. Allegro vivace assai
ii. Allegro assai
iii. Adagio
iv. Finale: Allegro molto
String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 12
i. Adagio non troppo - Allegro non tardante
ii. Canzonetta: Allegretto - Più mosso
iii. Andante espressivo
iv. Molto allegro e vivace
String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2
i. Allegro assai appassionato
ii. Scherzo: Allegro di molto
iii. Andante
iv. Presto agitato
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