Composer: Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Peter Schubert
Performer: Minetti Quartett
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hänssler
Catalogue: HC18021
Release: 2018
Size: 629 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
01. I. Allegro vivace assai
02. II. Allegro assai
03. III. Adagio
04. IV. Finale. Allegro molto
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Andante con moto
07. III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
08. IV. Presto
The connection between the life and work of the composer seems hardly more compelling than in the case of Mendel ssohn’s String Quartet no. 6 in F minor op. 80. Nothing seems more able to demystify a work of music than death itself. The title page of the manuscript of the String Quartet in D minor bears the date ‘In March 1824’ in Schubert’s own hand. And indeed, in the previous year Schubert did experience tragedy: professional failure and private disappointments tormented the composer in 1823.