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Composer:
Felix Mendelssohn

Artist(s):
Emerson String Qt

Background: The Emerson Quartet have won numerous prestigious awards, including six Grammys and two Gramophone Record of the Year awards. Now they release a superb 4-CD set with the complete Mendelssohn quartets, a set of recordings that will set new standards.

The Mendelssohn quartets - seven in all, plus individual movements - form an immensely engaging and exhilarating body of work. They range from the passionate utterances of the young composer (op.12 & op.13) to the anguished outburst of a man devastated by the death of his beloved sister (F minor op.80). In between there are the chamber-music equivalents of works like the famous Italian Symphony (the D major op.44 no.1).

Including a special bonus feature - the Emerson's recording of Mendelssohn's delightful Octet, a work brimming with energy and lyricism. How do four players play eight parts? Find out on the CD-R track, 'Recording the Octet', a witty and enlightening eleven-minute documentary of eight Emersons in action.

CATALOGUE NR: 4775370
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: 4 CD Set
PRICE: £ 37.49 including VAT, or £ 31.91 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 07-Mar-2005

COMPOSER: Felix Mendelssohn
TITLE: Complete String Quartets
TRACKS: String Quartet No.2 in A minor op.13. Four Pieces for String Quartet op.81: 4 Fuga. String Quartet No.1 in E flat op.12. String Quartet No.4 in E minor op.44/2. String Quartet No.5 in E flat op.44/3. String Quartet No.3 in D op.44/1. Four Pieces for String Quartet op.81: 3 Capriccio. String Quartet No.6 in F minor op.80. Four Pieces for String Quartet op.81: 1 Tema con Variazioni. Four Pieces for String Quartet op.81: 2 Scherzo. Octet in E flat op.20. String Quartet in E flat major.
ARTISTS: Emerson String Qt      

- May-2005 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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