 | from Mendelssohn & Mendelssohn (Fanny): String Quartets (CDA68330) 1 Allegro vivace assai – Presto [7'13] 24 minutes 35 seconds 4 tracks2 Allegro assai [4'16] 3 Adagio [7'25] 4 Finale: Allegro molto [5'41] ‘Deploying their familiar finesse (immaculate tuning and ensemble) and care for detail, the Takács do brother and sister proud … [they] create a magical sense of time suspended at the climax of t ... ‘The Takács Quartet has sustained an admiring following through its changes of personnel down the years, and their exceptional precision of tuning and ensemble, especially at full-tilt Mendelssohnian ... ‘Their performance of Fanny Mendelssohn's E flat major String Quartet is an eloquent one … this [album] is well worth it for the combination of brother and sister’ (BBC Record Review) |