Mendelssohn - String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44 No. 2
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Chamber » Quartets » String Quartets
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lean-toned, fiery, ever responsive to Mendelssohn’s distinctive brand of restlessness and agitation, yet never short-changing the pools of mystery and tenderness in, say, the outer movements... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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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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Gramophone Magazine, December 2021, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, Chamber Choice
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the Cecilia prove to be compelling advocates. They find a fine balance between the composer’s skittish qualities and his tenderer side, resulting in notably open-hearted readings. Their tremolos…seem... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2016, Editor's Choice
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…the players capture beautifully the mix of grace and jokiness in the Mozart Minuet, and in the Mendelssohn they apply just enough rubato to give colour and meaning, without ever interrupting... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Newcomer of the Year
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a format that allows these quartets, showing Mendelssohn at his best, to reveal their multifarious qualities: energy, passion, tenderness, wit and civilised authority...Overall, I can only applaud... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, Chamber Choice
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An attractive coupling vivaciously and expertly played. — More…
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Special offer. Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 2 & 4
with Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano)
Quatuor Arod
The A minor Quartet is a youthful masterpiece on a par with the preceding Octet…Here they deliver what must surely be one of the most intense, detailed and passionate accounts of it ever recorded…The... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Chamber Choice
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Building a Library, October 2005, Period Instrument Choice
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Building a Library, October 2005, Budget Choice
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