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Mendelssohn - Complete String Quartets Vol.1 | Alpha ALPHA873

Mendelssohn - Complete String Quartets Vol.1

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Label: Alpha

Cat No: ALPHA873

Barcode: 3760014198731

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 28th October 2022

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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.

Reviews

This is a golden age for Mendelssohn string quartets, once treated with faint condescension but now recognised as arguably the greatest body of quartets between Beethoven and Bartók. ... the Van Kuijk [Quartet] marry high technical polish (tuning and ensemble virtually flawless), close attention to Mendelssohn’s detailed markings and a spirit of youthful, spontaneous ardour. ... While the Van Kuijk never short-change Mendelssohn’s lyricism, their playing is free of any whiff of indulgence or affectation. ... a Mendelssohn recital of rare flair and insight.  Richard Wigmore
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