Mendelssohn: String Quartets Opp. 12 & 13
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COMPOSERS: Mendelssohn
LABELS: Chandos
WORKS: String Quartets Opp. 12 & 13
PERFORMER: Gabrieli Quartet
CATALOGUE NO: CHAN 10534 X
Warm, sweet tone, and generally close regard for Mendelssohn’s markings infuse both works with life and feeling. Only an unduly slow tempo for the Andante of Op. 12 verges dangerously on the sentimental. Roger Nichols