Composer: George Enescu, Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Christian Tetzlaff, Isabelle Faust, Antje Weithaas, Lisa Batiashvili, Kathrine Gowers, Rachel Roberts, Ori Kam, Antoine Tamestit, Tanja Tetzlaff, Quirine Viersen, Gustav Rivinius
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Avi Music
Catalogue: AVI8553163
Release: 2009
Size: 346 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Mendelssohn: Octet in E flat major, Op. 20
01. I. Allegro moderato, ma con fuoco
02. II. Andante
03. III. Scherzo (Allegro leggierissimo)
04. IV. Presto
Enescu: Octet in C major Op. 7
05. I. Très modéré
06. II. Très fougueux
07. III. Lentement
08. IV. Mouvement de valse bien rythmée
These are live performances form the Spannungen Festival in Heimbach. It is hard to believe that Mendelssohn was only sixteen when he wrote this wonderfully optimistic piece. Enescu was only nineteen when he wrote his octet 75 years later.