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String Quartets, Vol. 4

$18.99

Details

Composer
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Artist
Minguet Quartet
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Jun 19, 2026
Catalog #
555261-2
UPC
761203526123

About

The Minguet Quartet concludes it's four-volume set here, which now includes all of Mendelssohn's string quartets - not only the seven works by the fortunate Felix, who had a musical career open to him from childhood, but also the only quartet by his older sister Fanny, for whom music was only ever allowed 'to be an adornment, never the foundation of life,' as their father Abraham decreed with the declamation of a patriarch. And once again, the question arises as to why it is permissible to shackle unmistakeable talent with the chains of convention. This unique work by the then 30-year old composer soars to masterful heights with it's individual form and exuberant emotions. It is an ideal counterpart to the classical mood of the E flat major quartet with which Felix completed his Opus 44 four years later.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 I. Adagio ma non troppo 04:18
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adagio ma non troppo
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  2. 2 II. Allegretto 03:45
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  3. 3 III. Romanze 06:34
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Romanze
    Duration
    06:34
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  4. 4 IV. Allegro molto vivace 06:09
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro molto vivace
    Duration
    06:09
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  5. 5 I. Allegro vivace 12:31
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    12:31
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  6. 6 II. Scherzo: Assai leggiero vivace 04:31
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Assai leggiero vivace
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  7. 7 III. Adagio non troppo 08:16
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Adagio non troppo
    Duration
    08:16
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett
  8. 8 IV. Molto Allegro con fuoco 09:47
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Molto Allegro con fuoco
    Duration
    09:47
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    Minguet Quartett