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| |  | Bernhard Molique - String Quartets Volume 3
Vol. 3 demonstrates once again that Bernhard Molique’s string quartets are masterpieces which lie on the cusp between classicism and romanticism. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Mozart Arrangements
Here we have Mozart’s famous Clarinet Quintet without a clarinet and his Sinfonia Concertante without soloists. The two arrangements of these compositions date from the time of Mozart. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Bernhard Molique - String Quartets Volume 2
During the 1830s tours through Europe brought Bernhard Molique widespread fame and he was regarded as one of the greatest violinists of the times, even if he could not and did not want to compete with Paganini’s mastery of the instrument. At the centre of his compositional oeuvre are his string quartets, masterpieces which lie on the fault line between classicism and romanticism. The second volume of CPO’s Molique series features two very different quartets; the Op. 18 quartet which stands out from the first and second numbers if this opus in that it takes a large step towards romanticism, and the Op. 28 quartet which shows another facet of Molique with its gloomy and melancholic F minor key. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Mendelssohn - String Quintets Nos. 1 & 2
Mendelssohn’s chamber music is often overshadowed by his larger orchestral works and is rarely performed. The two works featured on this timely new release on CPO, brought out to celebrate Mendelssohn’s bicentenary, occupy an important place in the history of the string quintet. Operating entirely in the tradition established by Mozart, Mendelssohn wrote his quintets for two violins, two violas, and one violoncello. The two String Quintets were composed at opposite ends of his career. Quintet No. 1 was written in 1826 when Mendelssohn was only seventeen, whilst Quintet No. 2 dates from 1845, just two years prior to his premature death. The second quintet exhibits greater formal control and a character reminiscent of orchestral music. The quintets are performed by the internationally renowned Mannheimer String Quartet. Having been awarded the German Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Prize they are well qualified interpreters. “The Mannheim String Quartet play this rewarding music with fire and commitment, rhythmically very lively and with impressive unanimity of attack…” International Record Review on the Mannheimer String Quartet “The Mendelssohn bicentenary this year will doubtless generate a flood of recordings, and with luck some of them will be devoted to perhaps the most unfairly neglected area of his output, chamber music. Apart from the string quartets and piano trios, heard reasonably often in recital, there are other pieces that deserve a place in the chamber repertory, and two of them are the string quintets, Op 18 in A major, which dates from 1826, and Op 87 in B flat, from 1845. Mendelssohn writes for the Mozartian quintet with two violas rather than Schubert's two cellos, and there is a Mozartian feel to the first quintet especially, an airiness to its opening that recalls the lyricism of the Op 12 and Op 13 string quartets. The B flat Quintet is a different matter - weightier, more orchestral, and expressively more probing. It suits the austere approach of the Mannheim Quartet better than its sunnier predecessor, though both works would benefit from more light and shade.” The Guardian, 6th February 2009 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Mozart - QuintetsVolume 3
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| |  | Bernhard Molique - String Quartets Volume 1
“…these are essentially classical works with a simple inheritance from Haydn rather than Beethoven's Op 18, although the Minuet (really a scherzo) of No 2 has a Mendelssohnian lightness of touch. …both are attractive if not consequential works that must be good to play, and make agreeably undemanding listening. The performances are spirited and sympathetic...” Gramophone Magazine, July 2006 “For pieces so little heard, the assurance and swagger that these pieces have is a surprise…the music is played with the assurance and solidity that these well-realized works demand.” MusicWeb International | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Smyth: String Quartet - String Quintet
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