![]() | from Mendelssohn & Mendelssohn (Fanny): String Quartets (CDA68330) 1 Adagio ma non troppo [4'38] 20 minutes 9 seconds 4 tracks2 Allegretto [3'45] 3 Romanze [6'04] 4 Allegro molto vivace [5'42] ‘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) |