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While Mendelssohn's Quartets and sometimes his brilliant Octets too, it's a completely different story when it comes to his String Quintet Op. 87 from 1845, written two years before the musician's death. But it contains many beautiful elements: a main opening theme which, oddly, rather recalls the Octet (one of the earliest works from his youth), as a kind of invisible — but very audible — bridge linking the young Felix to Mendelssohn the global celebrity; a rather ghostly Scherzo, far removed from the jauntiness of most scherzos — almost Brucknerian... This masterpiece is in the capable hands of five musicians of the Viennese string sextet, or the Wiener Streichsextett, which was founded in 1981 and wound up in 2004, here at the height of its powers. Note also that the ensemble kept the same six members throughout all the 23 years of its existence. © SM/Qobuz
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String Quintet No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 87, MWV R33 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Vienna String Sextet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Thomas Angelkorte, Producer
(C) 2018 SWR Classic Archive (P) 2018 SWR Classic Archive
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Vienna String Sextet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2018 SWR Classic Archive (P) 2018 SWR Classic Archive
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Vienna String Sextet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2018 SWR Classic Archive (P) 2018 SWR Classic Archive
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Vienna String Sextet, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2018 SWR Classic Archive (P) 2018 SWR Classic Archive
Album review
While Mendelssohn's Quartets and sometimes his brilliant Octets too, it's a completely different story when it comes to his String Quintet Op. 87 from 1845, written two years before the musician's death. But it contains many beautiful elements: a main opening theme which, oddly, rather recalls the Octet (one of the earliest works from his youth), as a kind of invisible — but very audible — bridge linking the young Felix to Mendelssohn the global celebrity; a rather ghostly Scherzo, far removed from the jauntiness of most scherzos — almost Brucknerian... This masterpiece is in the capable hands of five musicians of the Viennese string sextet, or the Wiener Streichsextett, which was founded in 1981 and wound up in 2004, here at the height of its powers. Note also that the ensemble kept the same six members throughout all the 23 years of its existence. © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 4 track(s)
- Total length: 00:29:10
- Main artists: Vienna String Sextet
- Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
- Label: SWR Mediaservices GmbH
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
(C) 2018 SWR Classic Archive (P) 2018 SWR Classic Archive
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