Mendelssohn - String Quartets Vol.1: Nos 1, 5 & 6
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Label: Chandos
Cat No: CHAN201222
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 31st August 2018
Contents
Works
String Quartet no.1 in E flat major, op.12String Quartet no.5 in E flat major, op.44 no.3
String Quartet no.6 in F minor, op.80
Artists
Doric String QuartetWorks
String Quartet no.1 in E flat major, op.12String Quartet no.5 in E flat major, op.44 no.3
String Quartet no.6 in F minor, op.80
Artists
Doric String QuartetAbout
Mendelssohn wrote and published these three quartets at very different stages in his life and they therefore outline the complete trajectory of his creative output.
The early Op.12, also called No.1, was composed in London and includes many musical allusions to Beethoven, dead only a few years before its composition. These subtly contrast with Mendelssohn’s genially flowing energy.
While Op.44 no.3, which incorporates many deft variations, developments, and combinations, follows an extended honeymoon tour and Mendelssohn’s twenty-ninth birthday, Op.80 emerged from a bout of helpless depression after the sudden death of Mendelssohn’s older sister and confidante, Fanny. Mendelssohn described this quartet as a Requiem, and the nervous agitation often found in his music here bursts forth with full force. Resignation, agitation, and nostalgia shape the work, the almost shocking finality of which may be said to prefigure Mendelssohn’s own death only six months later.
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