Consone Quartet: Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets - COMPACT DISCS

Consone Quartet: Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets

Artist:

Consone Quartet

Label:

Linn Records

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

691062076623

Genre:

Classical Artists

Release Date:

2025-11-28

Number of Discs:

1

In the second instalment of the Consone Quartet's cycle, the foursome continues it's exploration of Felix Mendelssohn's string quartets, simultaneously delving into the work of his sister Fanny, with her only work in the genre. Despite it's turbulent character, Felix's String Quartet in E minor, Op. 44 No. 2, was written three months after the composer's marriage, during a period of stability and creativity. In contrast, the String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80, was composed while he was recovering from shock, following Fanny's premature death. It is a work of striking bitterness and agitation, an unambiguous reflection of his distraught mental state. Fanny's String Quartet in E flat major is an attractive and well-crafted work, which, due to her family discouraging her pursuit of a career in composition, remained unpublished until 1988. It is given a vibrant performance here by the Consone Quartet, the first period instrument quartet to be selected as BBC New Generation Artists.

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