Special offer. Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 2
Doric String Quartet (string quartet)
Both [Op. 44 quartets] have long first movements – genial in the D major, more plangent and yearning in the E minor - and it’s a measure of the performances that they capture these moods with... — More…
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$17.25Contents
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
- Doric String Quartet
I. Adagio - Allegro vivace
II. Adadgio non lento - Poco più animato
III. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto
IV. Presto - Adagio non lento - Recitativo
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 44 No. 1
- Doric String Quartet
I. Molto allegro vivace
II. Menuetto. Up poco allegretto
III. Andante espressivo ma con moto
IV. Presto con brio
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44 No. 2
- Doric String Quartet
I. Allegro assai appassionato
II. Scherzo. Allegro di molto
III. Adante
IV. Presto agitato - Animato