Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 1 Doric String Quartet

• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847): String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12, MWV R25:
• 1 String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12, MWV R25: I. Adagio non troppo - Allegro non tardante 07:30
• 2 String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12, MWV R25: II. Canzonetta. Allegretto - Più mosso 04:03
• 3 String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12, MWV R25: III. Andante espressivo 04:17
• 4 String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12, MWV R25: IV. Molto allegro e vivace 08:04
• String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80, MWV R37:
• 5 String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80, MWV R37: I. Allegro vivace assai 07:40
• 6 String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80, MWV R37: II. Allegro assai 05:58
• 7 String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80, MWV R37: III. Adagio 08:02
• 8 String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80, MWV R37: IV. Finale. Allegro molto 05:55
• String Quartet No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 44 No. 3, MWV R28:
• 9 String Quartet No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 44 No. 3, MWV R28: I. Allegro vivace 12:28
• 10 String Quartet No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 44 No. 3, MWV R28: II. Scherzo. Assai leggiero e vivace 04:04
• 11 String Quartet No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 44 No. 3, MWV R28: III. Adagio non troppo 09:26
• 12 String Quartet No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 44 No. 3, MWV R28: IV. Molto allegro con fuoco 08:21
• Total Runtime 01:25:48

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Alongside its ongoing and much lauded Haydn and Schubert series, both on-stage and on-record, the Doric String Quartet with this Mendelssohn album is adding a new milestone in its repertoire.

Mendelssohn wrote and published these three quartets at very different stages in his life and they therefore outline the complete trajectory of his creative output.

The early Op. 12, also called No. 1, was composed in London and includes many musical allusions to Beethoven, dead only a few years before its composition. These subtly contrast with Mendelssohn’s genially flowing energy.

While Op. 44 No. 3, which incorporates many deft variations, developments, and combinations, follows an extended honeymoon tour and Mendelssohn’s twenty-ninth birthday, Op. 80 emerged from a bout of helpless depression after the sudden death of Mendelssohn’s older sister and confidante, Fanny. Mendelssohn described this quartet as a Requiem, and the nervous agitation often found in his music here bursts forth with full force. Resignation, agitation, and nostalgia shape the work, the almost shocking finality of which may be said to prefigure Mendelssohn’s own death only six months later.

“… the Doric enter the first movement of the Op. 12 Quartet with assurance in that musical world. There is confidence and unanimity of approach to dynamics, tone vibrato and rubato; and the change of style to the more elegantly Mendelssohnian ‘Canzonetta’ is effortlessly made. The naturalness of the playing is matched by the comprehensive Chandos sound: not too distant, and with exactly the right amount of resonance …” (Martin Cotton, BBC Music magazine)

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