Mendelssohn - String Quintet No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 87
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the Doric Quartet with Timothy Ridout make light of [No. 1's] formidable difficulties. Their very effective pianissimo playing stands them in particularly good stead in the quietly scurrying... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 1 in A major, Op. 18, etc.
Mendelssohn String Quartet, Robert Mann (viola)
Anyone wanting modern-instrument recordings of two of Mendelssohn's finest chamber works could not better this BIS-SACD. The performances are full of sparkle and vitality. — More…
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Between joy and petulance, effervescent rhythms and melodic generosity, this acute and electric reading is immediately seductive…the Mandelring are lacking in neither character nor determination — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
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Fine, stylish performances of both these wonderful works — More…
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The performers dig into those qualities for all they’re worth. They don’t play it safe, but step on the gas and risk high rewards at high speed when appropriate...There’s a strong sense of unified... — More…
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Guarneri Quartet (string quartet), Pinchas Zukerman (viola), Arnold Steinhardt (violin), John Dalley (violin), Michael Tree (viola), David Soyer (cello)
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The Mendelssohn bicentenary this year will doubtless generate a flood of recordings, and with luck some of them will be devoted to perhaps the most unfairly neglected area of his output, chamber... — More…
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The A major first quintet, Op 18... [is] scored for the Mozartian quintet lineup with two violas rather than the two cellos that Boccherini and later Schubert favoured, it inhabits an ingratiatingly... — More…
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Felix Mendelssohn: Essential Chamber Music
Henschel Quartet (string quartet), Bonnard Trio (piano trio), Elisabeth Ganter (vocals, clarinet), Peter Schmalfuss (piano), Aaron Rosand (violin), John Covelli (piano), Bamberg String Quartet (string quartet), Paul Hennevogel (viola)
Bonnard Trio
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