Nui Esmé Quartet

• Fanny Mendelssohn ((1805 - 1847): String Quartet in E-Flat Major, HelH 277:
• 1 Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-Flat Major, HelH 277: I. Adagio ma non troppo 04:34
• 2 Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-Flat Major, HelH 277: II. Allegretto 03:30
• 3 Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-Flat Major, HelH 277: III. Romanze 07:31
• 4 Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-Flat Major, HelH 277: IV. Allegro molto vivace 05:44
• Juri Seo (b. 1981): river at the end of the mind:
• 5 Seo: river at the end of the mind 08:10
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847): String Quartet No. 6, Op. 80, MWV R37:
• 6 Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6, Op. 80, MWV R37: I. Allegro vivace assai 07:33
• 7 Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6, Op. 80, MWV R37: II. Allegro assai 04:42
• 8 Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6, Op. 80, MWV R37: III. Adagio 07:49
• 9 Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6, Op. 80, MWV R37: IV. Finale: allegro molto 05:55
• Total Runtime 55:28

Info for Nui

This album – the third to be released on Alpha Classics – is entitled Nui (a Korean word meaning ‘sister’). The Esmé Quartet pays tribute to Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, with Fanny’s Quartet in E-Flat major, written during the final year of her life, which finds a poignant echo in Felix’s Quartet No. 6 in F minor, written in the aftermath of his sister’s sudden death: The Esmé Quartet hears in Fanny’s Quartet an “intimate and penetrating voice, reaching outwards with urgency, tenderness and vulnerability.” The programme also features a new work commissioned from the Korean-American composer Juri Seo, inspired by the traditional Korean song Eommaya nunaya (“Mother, Sister”). “This song evokes a peaceful, distant place where loved ones gather and the heart finds rest, offering a quiet sense of comfort that resonates naturally with the emotional landscape of the Mendelssohns,” concludes the Esmé Quartet, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary with this new recording.

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