Mendelssohn: String Quartets Op 12 & 18
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COMPOSERS: Mendelssohn
LABELS: Praga Digitals
WORKS: String Quartet, Op. 12; String Quintet, Op. 18; Minuetto
PERFORMER: Prazák & Zemlinsky Quartets
CATALOGUE NO: PRD/DSD 250 252
Plenty of energy from both groups, but not much in the way of affection. Close recording adds to problems with scratchy tone in the faster passages. Roger Nichols