Mendelssohn: The Piano Quartets
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Composer: Felix MendelssohnPerformer: Domus
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2000-11-07
Music Label: EMI Classics Imports
Soundtracks:
- Piano Quartet Op. 1 In C Minor: I Allegro vivace
- Piano Quartet Op. 1 In C Minor: II Adagio
- Piano Quartet Op. 1 In C Minor: III Scherzo
- Piano Quartet Op. 1 In C Minor: IV Allegro moderato
- Piano Quartet Op. 2 In F Minor: I Allegro molto
- Piano Quartet Op. 2 In F Minor: II Adagio
- Piano Quartet Op. 2 In F Minor: III Intermezzo
- Piano Quartet Op. 2 In F Minor: IV Allegro molto vivace
- Piano Quartet Op. 3 In B Minor: I Allegro molto
- Piano Quartet Op. 3 In B Minor: II Andante
- Piano Quartet Op. 3 In B Minor: III Scherzo: Allegro molto
- Piano Quartet Op. 3 In B Minor: IV Finale: Allegro vivace
Free Music Notes for Mendelssohn: The Piano Quartets
Free Music Review: The best recording ever
Hit: 5 Stars
...okay, so I've never actually heard anyone else's interpretation of these quartets, but I don't know how anyone could ever do better than Domus does here. It's so easy to write Mendelssohn off as a precocious "salon music" composer, and thankfully Domus avoids this pitfall, instead imbuing their performances with a fire and passion I'd expect to find in Beethoven or even Brahms. The instruments are well-balanced, making the felicitious interplay between instruments crystal clear. In addition, the players make a special effort to match their playing styles to the style of each movement; hence, the dreamy intermezzo of the second quartet is a stark contrast to that quartet's fiery finale, which contrasts again with, say, the third quartet's fleet-footed scherzo. The brilliant, mature writing of these three quartets (Mendelssohn's earliest published works) serves to cement his amazing precociousness; after all, he wrote these adult-sounding works when he was twelve. Domus' mature, polished, ardently passionate playing of this music fits perfectly the abilities and talents of the prodigy who wrote it.
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