Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets

Divertissements Champêtres (detail) (c1719) by Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)
Reproduced by permission of The Wallace Collection, London / Bridgeman Art Library, London

CDS44051/3
(Originally issued on CDA66397, 66579 / 615)

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Recording details: Various dates
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: March 1994
DISCID: B2121C0C 680FCC08 AD12020C
Total duration: 218 minutes 17 seconds

'Wonderful music ... beautifully presented and expertly annotated' (Gramophone)

'The overwhelming impressions ... are of high spirits and clarity of texture combined with excellent ensemble and sensitive musicianship' (CDReview)

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

The Complete String Quartets

Coull Quartet

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3CDs Boxed set (at a special price) — 3CDs Deleted

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		String Quartet in E flat major
CD1	1	Movement 1: Allegro moderato [7'49]
	2	Movement 2: Adagio non troppo [6'31]
	3	Movement 3: Minuetto – Trio – Minuetto [6'17]
	4	Movement 4: Fuga [3'43]
		String Quartet in A minor Op 13
	5	Movement 1: Adagio – Allegro vivace [7'38]
	6	Movement 2: Adagio non lento [7'47]
	7	Movement 3: Intermezzo: Allegretto con moto – Allegro di molto [4'47]
	8	Movement 4: Presto – Adagio non lento [9'17]
		String Quartet in E flat major Op 12
	9	Movement 1: Adagio non troppo [6'56]
	10	Movement 2: Canzonetta: Allegretto [3'41]
	11	Movement 3: Andante espressivo – [4'08]
	12	Movement 4: Molto allegro e vivace [7'31]
		String Quartet in D major Op 44 No 1
CD2	1	Movement 1: Molto allegro vivace [12'31]
	2	Movement 2: Menuetto: Un poco allegretto [5'13]
	3	Movement 3: Andante espressivo ma con moto [5'47]
	4	Movement 4: Presto con brio [7'11]
		String Quartet in E flat major Op 44 No 3
	5	Movement 1: Allegro vivace [13'48]
	6	Movement 2: Scherzo: Assai leggiero [4'02]
	7	Movement 3: Adagio non troppo [9'15]
	8	Movement 4: Molto allegro con fuoco [8'53]
		String Quartet in E minor Op 44 No 2
CD3	1	Movement 1: Allegro assai appassionato [11'00]
	2	Movement 2: Scherzo: Allegro di molto [4'12]
	3	Movement 3: Andante – [6'19]
	4	Movement 4: Presto agitato [6'56]
		String Quartet in F minor Op 80
	5	Movement 1: Allegro vivace assai – Presto [7'18]
	6	Movement 2: Allegro assai [4'49]
	7	Movement 3: Adagio [7'51]
	8	Movement 4: Finale: Allegro molto [5'23]
		Four Pieces for String Quartet Op 81
	9	No 4 in E flat major: Fugue [5'43]
	10	No 3 in E minor: Capriccio [6'14]
	11	No 1 in E major: Andante [6'06]
	12	No 2 in A minor: Scherzo [3'41]

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