Mendelssohn Quartets Galore
It hasn’t been that long that Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartets suffered from neglect in the recording catalog and the Melos Quartet (DG) seemed the only game in town. But my word, has that been remedied over the last ten, fifteen years. Now there are superb cycles from the Pacifica Quartet (Cedille), Talich (Calliope), Ysaÿe (Decca), Henschel (Arte Nova), and Eroica Quartets (Harmonia Mundi). Additionally available are cycles from the Emersons (DG, including the Octet), the Coull (Hyperion), Cherubini (EMI), and Bartholdy String Quartets (old, but re-issued recently by Arts Music). The Leipzig Gewandhaus Quartet (NCA) has thrown its hat into the ring most recently.
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