About this product
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.
Tracklist:
- String Quartet No.6 in F Minor, Op.80: I. Allegro Vivace Assai
- String Quartet No.6 in F Minor, Op.80: II. Allegro Assai
- String Quartet No.6 in F Minor, Op.80: III. Adagio
- String Quartet No.6 in F Minor, Op.80: IV. Finale. Allegro Molto
- String Quartet No.1 in E Flat Major, Op.12: I. Adagio Non Troppo - Allegro Non Tardante
- String Quartet No.1 in E Flat Major, Op.12: II. Canzonetta. Allegretto - Piu Mosso
- String Quartet No.1 in E Flat Major, Op.12: III. Andante Espressivo
- String Quartet No.1 in E Flat Major, Op.12: IV. Molto Allegro E Vivace
- String Quartet No.4 in E Minor, Op.44/2: I. Allegro Assai Appassionato
- String Quartet No.4 in E Minor, Op.44/2: II. Scherzo. Allegro Di Molto
- String Quartet No.4 in E Minor, Op.44/2: III. Andante
- String Quartet No.4 in E Minor, Op.44/2: IV. Presto Agitato
UPC: 747313000173
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 3.25.08
Format: CD
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