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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 5, Andante & Scherzo Op. 81

by Zemlinsky Quartet

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String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1 I. Molto allegro vivace 11:31
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String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1 II. Menuetto. Un poco allegretto 05:26
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String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1 III. Andante espressivo con moto 05:19
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String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1 IV. Presto con brio 06:44
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Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81 No. 1: Tema con variazioni (Andante sostenuto), in E Major 06:16
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Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81 No. 2: Scherzo (Allegro leggiero), in A Minor 03:32
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String Quartet No. 5 in E Flat Major, Op. 44 No. 3 I. Allegro vivace 11:47
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String Quartet No. 5 in E Flat Major, Op. 44 No. 3 II. Scherzo. Assai leggiero e vivace 03:53
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String Quartet No. 5 in E Flat Major, Op. 44 No. 3 III. Adagio non troppo 07:30
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String Quartet No. 5 in E Flat Major, Op. 44 No. 3 IV. Molto allegro con fuoco 08:22
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"n these years of 1837-1838, Mendelssohn was at the height of his humanist glory, concurrently violinist, violist, pianist, composer, conductor (of the Gewandhaus in Leipzig), still a painter in his already too-rare spare time, and a newlywed… “At the moment, everything comes so easily and so nicely under my pen”, he wrote, this exemplified by the Opus 44 Quartets with their radiant, virtuoso allegros and slow movements tinged with nostalgia - irresistible ‘songs without words’ for strings.

Awards: Gramophone, Opus d’Or, Audiophile Audition, American Record Guide, Luisterrijk

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released September 1, 2010

Zemlinsky Quartet (Ensemble)

RECORDED IN PRAGUE, MAY 31, JUNE 1, 16-17, 2010

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