Takacs Quartet - Mendelssohn & Mendelssohn: String Quartets (CD)

Details: Felix Mendelssohn's impassioned F minor quartet was the fiercely personal response to his sister Fanny'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.

Tracklist:

1. Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat major I. Adagio ma non troppo
2. Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat major II. Allegretto
3. Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat major III. Romanze
4. Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat major IV. Allegro molto vivace
5. Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor Op.80 I. Allegro vivace assai – Presto
6. Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor Op.80 II. Allegro assai
7. Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor Op.80 III. Adagio
8. Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor Op.80 IV. Finale: Allegro molto
9. Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A minor Op.13 I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
10. Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A minor Op.13 II. Adagio non lento
11. Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A minor Op.13 III. Intermezzo: Allegretto con moto – Allegro di molto
12. Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A minor Op.13 IV. Presto – Adagio non lento