Mendelssohn Goldmund Quartet

• Felix Mendelssohn Batholdy (1809 - 1847): String Quartet No.2 in A Major, Op. 13:
• 1 Batholdy: String Quartet No.2 in A Major, Op. 13: I. Adagio - Allegro Vivace 07:56
• 2 Batholdy: String Quartet No.2 in A Major, Op. 13: II. Adagio non Lento 07:24
• 3 Batholdy: String Quartet No.2 in A Major, Op. 13: III. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto - Allegro di Molto 04:44
• 4 Batholdy: String Quartet No.2 in A Major, Op. 13: IV. Presto - Adagio non Lento 09:19
• Frühlingslied, Op. 62 No. 6 (Arr. For String Quartet by Jakob Encke):
• 5 Batholdy: Frühlingslied, Op. 62 No. 6 (Arr. For String Quartet by Jakob Encke) 02:25
• Venetianisches Gondellied, Op. 19 No. 6 (Arr. For String Quartet by Jakob Encke):
• 6 Batholdy: Venetianisches Gondellied, Op. 19 No. 6 (Arr. For String Quartet by Jakob Encke) 02:03
• Trauermarsch, Op. 62 No. 3 (Arr. For String Quartet by Jakob Encke):
• 7 Batholdy: Trauermarsch, Op. 62 No. 3 (Arr. For String Quartet by Jakob Encke) 03:07
• String Quartet No.6 in F Minor, Op. 80:
• 8 Batholdy: String Quartet No.6 in F Minor, Op. 80: I. Allegro vivace Assai 07:25
• 9 Batholdy: String Quartet No.6 in F Minor, Op. 80: II. Allegro Assai 04:37
• 10 Batholdy: String Quartet No.6 in F Minor, Op. 80: III. Adagio 08:31
• 11 Batholdy: String Quartet No.6 in F Minor, Op. 80: IV. Finale: Allegro Molto 05:54
• Total Runtime 01:03:25

Info for Mendelssohn

"Step into the world of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's timeless chamber music, masterfully brought to life by the Goldmund Quartet. This album captures the emotional breadth of Mendelssohn's compositions—from the youthful passion of his String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 to the profound grief of the String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80, written after the loss of his sister. The Goldmund Quartet's nuanced interpretation also shines in their adaptation of Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words, where joy, reflection, and romantic melancholy are seamlessly expressed through their exquisite string playing. Celebrated for their technical brilliance and heartfelt sensitivity, the Goldmund Quartet invites you to rediscover Mendelssohn's music—a journey through love, loss, and hope that bridges the past and the present."

Goldmund Quartet

The Goldmund Quartet
formed by violinists Florian Schötz and Pinchas Adt, violist Christoph Vandory and cellist Raphael Paratore, is now counted as one of the most exciting young string quartets in Europe. Since their debut at Munich’s Prinzregententheater, the quartet appeared at international festivals such as the Festival Aix-en-Provence, Festival de Música y Danza Granada and Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele. Recitals have taken them to prestigious chamber music venues and series in Denmark, France, Norway, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, China and the US. The 2017/18 season sees the Goldmund Quartet give its debuts at Washington’s Phillips Collection, Hemsing Festival Norway and at Shanghai Concerto Hall.

Highlights from the past season included their debuts at Vienna’s Musikverein, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Kissinger Sommer and Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. Further concerts will lead the four musicians to International Music Festival Heidelberger Frühling and Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The Goldmund Quartet has been awarded several prizes and scholarships, amongst them the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now scholarship. In 2015 they received a scholarship from Deutscher Musikwettbewerb, the Bavarian Young Artist Award and recently the Karl-Klinger-Prize during the 2016 ARD International Music Competition Munich.

In 2018 the Quartet won Second Prize along with the Twentieth Century Prize at the distinguished Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in London.

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