Composer: Fanny Caecilie Mendelssohn Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Takács Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA68330
Release: 2021
Size: 1.35 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Mendelssohn Fanny: String Quartet in E flat major
01. I. Adagio ma non troppo
02. II. Allegretto
03. III. Romanze
04. IV. Allegro molto vivace
Mendelssohn Felix: String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
05. I. Allegro vivace assai – Presto
06. II. Allegro assai
07. III. Adagio
08. IV. Finale: Allegro molto
Mendelssohn Felix: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
09. I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
10. II. Adagio non lento
11. III. Intermezzo: Allegretto con moto – Allegro di molto
12. IV. Presto – Adagio non lento
Felix’s impassioned F minor quartet was the fiercely personal response to his sister’s death in 1847, only a few months before his own. The Takács Quartet frame it with equally committed accounts of a much earlier work, and Fanny’s own important contribution to the genre.