Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn – String Quartets (CD)

Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn – String Quartets

Merel Quartet
Mary Ellen Woodside – violin
Meesun Hong – violin
Alexander Besa – viola
Rafael Rosenfeld – violoncello

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy – String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
1 Allegro vivace assai – 7:18
2 Allegro assai – 4:57
3 Adagio – 8:12
4 Finale: Allegro molto – 6:13

Fanny Mendelssohn (Hensel) – String Quartet in E-flat major
5 Adagio ma non troppo – 3:57
6 Allegretto – 3:39
7 Romanze – 7:14
8 Allegro molto vivace – 5:40

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy – Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81 (1827–1847)
9 Andante – 5:56
10 Scherzo – 4:04
11 Capriccio – 6:17
12 Fuga – 5:51