Takács Quartet — Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets

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It’s common these days to present the music of siblings Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn side by side, if only to demonstrate how well Fanny’s neglected works bear the comparison. But it’s not often done so thoughtfully or meaningfully as on this album, which surveys their achievements in the medium of the string quartet. With Fanny there was just the one, composed with Beethovenian passion and a free approach to form that her more rule-bound brother disapproved of. But it makes a neat fit with the first and last of Felix’s acknowledged output: the early A Minor, written when he was a teenager, and the dark, disconsolate F Minor, written just after Fanny’s death and very much <i>in memoriam</i>. The Takács Quartet notes the grief judiciously, without indulgence. And their playing overall is measured, elegant, with an acute intelligence.

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  1. String Quartet in E-Flat Major, H-U 277: I. Adagio ma non troppo 4:38
  2. String Quartet in E-Flat Major, H-U 277: II. Allegretto 3:45
  3. String Quartet in E-Flat Major, H-U 277: III. Romanze 6:04
  4. String Quartet in E-Flat Major, H-U 277: IV. Allegro molto vivace 5:42
  5. String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80, MWV R37: I. Allegro vivace assai – Presto 7:13
  6. String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80, MWV R37: II. Allegro assai 4:16
  7. String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80, MWV R37: III. Adagio 7:25
  8. String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80, MWV R37: IV. Finale. Allegro molto 5:41
  9. String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13, MWV R22: I. Adagio – Allegro vivace 8:13
  10. String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13, MWV R22: II. Adagio non lento 7:46
  11. String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13, MWV R22: III. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto – Allegro di molto 5:06
  12. String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13, MWV R22: IV. Presto – Adagio non lento 9:21