Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 5 & 6 / Escher String Quartet

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BIS
Release Date
September 9, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, FELIX
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Escher String Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      ESCHER STRING QUARTET
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 09, 2016
    • UPC
      7318599921600
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2160
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    2. II. Scherzo: Assai leggiero vivace

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    3. III. Adagio non troppo

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    4. IV. Molto Allegro con fuoco

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    5. Capriccio in E Minor, Op. 81, No. 3, MWV R32

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    6. Fugue in E-Flat Major, Op. 81, No. 4

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    7. I. Allegro vivace assai

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    8. II. Allegro assai

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    9. III. Adagio

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    10. IV. Finale: Allegro molto

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet


This new release is the final disc in the Escher String Quartet’s traversal of Mendelssohn’s string quartets. The Strad called the first installment “A deeply rewarding release… and by any standards a distinguished one.” Later the same magazine made the sequel its recommendation in the November issue of 2015. Mendelssohn’s final quartets, Nos 5 and 6, are featured here alongside his Capriccio and Fugue. The Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 was a special work in the composer’s eyes. The work was written in response to the unexpected death of his beloved sister, Fanny. The piece was published posthumously, as Mendelssohn suffered a number of strokes and died a month after premiering the piece.