Artist: Doric String Quartet
Album: Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 2
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2021
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:29:15
Total Tracks: 12
Total Size: 1,53 GB

Tracklist:

1-01. Doric String Quartet – I. Adagio – Allegro vivace (08:13)
1-02. Doric String Quartet – II. Adadgio non lento – Poco più animato (08:26)
1-03. Doric String Quartet – III. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto (04:16)
1-04. Doric String Quartet – IV. Presto – Adagio non lento – Recitativo (09:42)
1-05. Doric String Quartet – I. Molto allegro vivace (12:30)
1-06. Doric String Quartet – II. Menuetto. Up poco allegretto (05:10)
1-07. Doric String Quartet – III. Andante espressivo ma con moto (05:37)
1-08. Doric String Quartet – IV. Presto con brio (06:56)
2-01. Doric String Quartet – I. Allegro assai appassionato (11:06)
2-02. Doric String Quartet – II. Scherzo. Allegro di molto (03:54)
2-03. Doric String Quartet – III. Adante (06:55)
2-04. Doric String Quartet – IV. Presto agitato – Animato (06:30)

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Following an exceptional critical reception of their first volume of Mendelssohn’s Quartets, the Doric String Quartet now completes the project. As in the case of the previous volume, the players juxtapose one of the early quartets (No. 2) with two of the later compositions (No. 3 and No. 4), composed a decade or so later.Composed in 1827, the Second Quartet pays homage to Beethoven’s outstanding contribution to the genre (Beethoven died in March of that year), but this is no simple pastiche. It is a confident work, Mendelssohn’s individual voice already clearly present. The later quartets are perhaps less overtly revolutionary – Mendelssohn was now an established figure and a recipient of Royal commissions – but nevertheless remain clear milestones in the development of the genre.