Reinhold Quartett - A. Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 2-3 (2013)

Tracklist

01. String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 67: II. Andante
03. String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 67: III. Walzer. Commodo
04. String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 67: IV. Finale. Allegro molto
05. String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: I. Allegro
06. String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: II. Andante con moto
07. String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: III. Allegretto scherzoso
08. String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: IV. Lento - Vivace



Arnold Mendelssohn was the second cousin of Felix Mendelssohn and was best known as a composer of lieder. Among his compositions are many choral pieces, folk songs, string quartets, sonatas, and operas. His sacred choral works launched the renewal of Lutheran church music. The German music encyclopedia MGG calls him “one of the most prominent figures of his day, a musician and man of great breadth of vision.” Later in life he wrote several of his most mature works, mostly in a chamber format. Among them are the strings quartets on our CD, both written in 1916 in an expressive late-romantic style.

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