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MENDELSSOHN, Felix: String Quartets, Vol. 1 (New Zealand String Quartet) - String Quartets Nos. 1, 4, 6
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MENDELSSOHN, Felix: String Quartets, Vol. 1 (New Zealand String Quartet) - String Quartets Nos. 1, 4, 6
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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.
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Mendelssohn, Felix
String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80
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1.
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I. Allegro vivace assai
00:07:26
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2.
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II. Allegro assai
00:04:27
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IV. Finale: Allegro molto
00:05:37
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String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12
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I. Adagio non troppo - Allegro non tardante
00:07:39
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II. Canzonetta: Allegretto - Più mosso
00:04:11
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III. Andante espressivo
00:04:29
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IV. Molto allegro e vivace
00:08:00
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String Quartet No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 44, No. 2
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I. Allegro assai appassionato
00:10:48
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II. Scherzo: Allegro di molto
00:03:52
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III. Andante
00:06:16
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IV. Presto agitato
00:06:59
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Total Playing Time:
01:17:52
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