Mendelssohn: String Quartets Vol 1 / New Zealand Quartet

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
March 25, 2008
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MENDELSSOHN, FELIX
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      New Zealand String Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      NEW ZEALAND STRING QUARTET
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 25, 2008
    • UPC
      747313000173
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8570001
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro vivace assai

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet

    2. II. Allegro assai

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet

    3. III. Adagio

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet

    4. IV. Finale: Allegro molto

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet

    5. I. Adagio non troppo - Allegro non tardante

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet

    6. II. Canzonetta: Allegretto - Più mosso

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet

    7. III. Andante espressivo

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet

    8. IV. Molto allegro e vivace

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet

    9. I. Allegro assai appassionato

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet

    10. II. Scherzo: Allegro di molto

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet

    11. III. Andante

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet

    12. IV. Presto agitato

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet


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.