Mendelssohn/Schumann: String Quartets - The Budapest String Quartet, Rudolf Serkin (2021 Remastered)

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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
00:00:00 String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1 I. Molto allegro vivace
00:09:48 String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1 II. Menuetto. Un poco allegretto
00:15:37 String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1 III. Andante espressivo con moto
00:21:51 String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1 IV. Presto con brio
00:28:59 String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 41 No. 1 I. Introduzione. Andante espressivo - Allegro
00:37:14 String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 41 No. 1 II. Scherzo. Presto - Intermezzo
00:41:09 String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 41 No. 1 III. Adagio
00:47:04 String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 41 No. 1 IV. Presto
00:52:38 Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Op. 44 I. Allegro brillante
01:01:21 Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Op. 44 II. In modo d’una marcia
01:10:51 Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Op. 44 III. Scherzo. Molto vivace
01:15:30 Piano Quintet in E Flat Major, Op. 44 IV. Allegro ma non troppo
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THE BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET
Joseph Roisman : violin
Jac Gorodetzky : violin
Alexander Schneider : violin
Boris Kroyt : viola
Mischa Schneider : cello
RUDOLF SERKIN : piano
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In these years of 1837-1842, Mendelssohn was at the height of his humanist glory, concurrently violinist, violist, pianist, composer, conductor (of the Gewandhaus in Leipzig), still a painter in his already too-rare spare time, and a newlywed. “At the moment, everything comes so easily and so nicely under my pen”, such as the Opus 44 Quartets with their radiant, virtuoso allegros and slow movements tinged with nostalgia - irresistible ‘songs without words’ for strings. The Schumann’s Opus 41 String Quartets and Piano Quintet are considered as finest compositions and major works of nineteenth-century chamber music. This quintet revolutionized the instrumentation and musical character of the piano quintet and established it as a quintessentially romantic genre, which was to serve as the model, for more than one generation, that of Brahms, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, and Franck.
Awards: 5 by Diapason, Audiophile Audition
Released September 1, 2017
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Much heartfelt playing here. Thank you, tremendously, Praga Digitals!