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Mendelssohn: String Quartets Vol 1 / New Zealand Quartet
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Mendelssohn: String Quartets Vol 1 / New Zealand Quartet

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Details

Composer
MENDELSSOHN, FELIX
Artist
NEW ZEALAND STRING QUARTET
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Mar 25, 2008
Catalog #
8570001
UPC
747313000173

About

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 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro vivace assai 07:26
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro vivace assai
    Duration
    07:26
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    New Zealand String Quartet
  2. 2 II. Allegro assai 04:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro assai
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    New Zealand String Quartet
  3. 3 III. Adagio 08:08
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    08:08
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    New Zealand String Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Finale: Allegro molto 05:37
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro molto
    Duration
    05:37
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    New Zealand String Quartet
  5. 5 I. Adagio non troppo - Allegro non tardante 07:39
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Adagio non troppo - Allegro non tardante
    Duration
    07:39
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    New Zealand String Quartet
  6. 6 II. Canzonetta: Allegretto - Più mosso 04:11
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Canzonetta: Allegretto - Più mosso
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    New Zealand String Quartet
  7. 7 III. Andante espressivo 04:29
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Andante espressivo
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    New Zealand String Quartet
  8. 8 IV. Molto allegro e vivace 08:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Molto allegro e vivace
    Duration
    08:00
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    New Zealand String Quartet
  9. 9 I. Allegro assai appassionato 10:48
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro assai appassionato
    Duration
    10:48
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    New Zealand String Quartet
  10. 10 II. Scherzo: Allegro di molto 03:52
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegro di molto
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    New Zealand String Quartet
  11. 11 III. Andante 06:16
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    06:16
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    New Zealand String Quartet
  12. 12 IV. Presto agitato 06:59
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Presto agitato
    Duration
    06:59
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    New Zealand String Quartet