Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Consone Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Linn
Catalogue: CKD716
Release: 2023
Size: 1.01 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
String Quartet in E-Flat Major, “1823”
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Adagio non troppo
03. III. Minuetto – Trio
04. IV. Fuga
String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44 No. 3
05. I. Allegro vivace
06. II. Scherzo. Assai leggiero vivace
07. III. Adagio non troppo
08. IV. Molto allegro con fuoco
Linn is absolutely thrilled to launch a new recording partnership with the Consone Quartet. The first period instrument quartet to be selected as BBC New Generation Artists, the ensemble will embark on a complete Felix Mendelssohn string quartets cycle. Playing on gut strings, thus creating a warm, grainy soundworld akin to analogue photography (as violinist Agata Daraškaitė puts it), the four musicians have drawn inspiration from editions of the time, including Ferdinand David’s own scrupulously marked-up parts, to present fresh accounts of the E flat major quartet ‘1823’ and Op. 44 No. 3. These two works paired together – the former is an early work, the latter is the composer’s penultimate achievement in the genre – allow for some revealing comparisons between styles at different points in Mendelssohn’s life.