Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Quatuor van Kuijk
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA873
Release: 2022
Size: 1.54 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13, MWV R 22
01. I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
02. II. Adagio non lento
03. III. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto – Allegro di molto
04. IV. Presto – Adagio non lento
String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12, MWV R 25
05. I. Adagio non troppo – Allegro non tardante
06. II. Canzonetta. Allegretto
07. III. Andante espressivo
08. IV. Molto allegro e vivace
String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1, MWV R 30
09. I. Molto allegro vivace
10. II. Menuetto. Un poco allegretto
11. III. Andante espressivo ma con moto
12. IV. Presto con brio
The Quatuor Van Kuijk celebrates the tenth anniversary of its creation and its sixth recording for Alpha with a complete set of Mendelssohn’s Quartets, of which this is the first volume: it opens with the Quartet, Op. 13, composed in 1827, when he was only eighteen years old. “A trial run? No, a masterstroke! In every movement of this first quartet, we are constantly aware that the sense of urgency is the blood that runs through its veins. Never before have we heard such tension maintained over an entire quartet”, writes Stéphane Goldet in the album’s booklet notes.