Mendelssohn Quartets (and Schubert and Beethoven?)

[doversoul1]

While you are at it, try his piano trios too. Here’s one.

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/advsearch.php?composer=Mendelssohn&work=&performer=The+Florestan+Trio&medium=all&label=&cat=

[Rolmill]

I'd be interested to hear from members who know the Pacifica recordings .. and any other recommendations of course

I have the Pacifica set, but no others, so cannot make comparisons. Tbh, I haven't listened to it for a while, but I remember them as very well played and recorded, warmly romantic, vibrato-intense, quite colourful performances - perhaps missing a little of the quicksilver quality I associate with FM, but most enjoyable.

[Beef Oven!]

While you are at it, try his piano trios too. Here’s one.
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/adv...ll&label=&cat=

Yes, indeed. I'm working my way through the Haydn piano Trios by the 'Trio 1790' on CPO that I bought recently. The Mendelssohn would be a good follow-up listen.

[Nick Armstrong]

At circa £14, Champs Hill are a dearer option.

My understanding is that it's c. £18 for the whole lot (£13 for downloads)....!!

[Lento]

Op 13 in A (?minor, but starts and ends in major) a personal favourite. Recently listened to Op 12 in E flat major, the finale of which veers rather interestingly between minor and major, eventually ending in .... I have Pacifica and like it.

[Beef Oven!]

My understanding is that it's c. £18 for the whole lot (£13 for downloads)....!!

Yes, I was thinking of the price for downloads. I was hoping to get out at under a tenner for 1-6, hard-copy

Gurnemanz' Cherubini recommendation on EMI is a front-runner, at the moment.

[Beef Oven!]

Op 13 in A (?minor, but starts and ends in major) a personal favourite. Recently listened to Op 12 in E flat major, the finale of which veers rather interestingly between minor and major, eventually ending in .... I have Pacifica and like it.

The Pacifica gets good notices on the web.

[richardfinegold]

Interesting ideas about experimental/mechanical feel and the possibility that he was trying (too hard?) to create something new. Which quartets do you get that impression from?

I'd be interested to know.

I'm more interested in the music, than this or that CD release (sometimes these threads get a bit like a CD review magazine, rather than a music forum!). But of course discussion of the CD releases that are available is helpful - so both please

I'd have to listen to my discs again to remind me. Might be a good project for the next couple of days.

[Beef Oven!]

I'd have to listen to my discs again to remind me. Might be a good project for the next couple of days.

In your own time.

[Pianorak]

No regrets with this one - probably some overlap wit gurnemanz's set.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chamber-Music-Meyer-Tortelier-Previn/dp/B00008URYZ/ref=sr_1_68?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1401204277&sr=1-68&keywords=mendelssohn+chamber+music

[EdgeleyRob]

This morning I've been listening to Beethoven and Schubert late string quartets and was shocked to learn that I think that I actually prefer Schubert

This led my mind to wonder about other classical period masters, and the much ignored (by me and this forum, it seems) Mendelssohn came to mind.

Having a blind-spot here, and owning no recordings of Mendelssohn quartets, I was wondering about the views of other forumites about M's quartets in general, and a recommended place to start, in particular.

Not completely ignored by some forumites,we've been here before Beefmeister.

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?5515-Mendelssohn-String-Quartets&highlight=Mendelssohn+string+quartets

My two penneth.
The Herschell complete set of the quartets is brilliant,it's as if this music is their blood.
There is also the much hailed Brilliant Classics box of the complete chamber music.
I also have the Naxos discs of the Cello Sonatas,Piano Trios,Piano Quartets,String Quintets and the lovely Sextet for Piano and Strings,all highly recommendable.
Mendelssohn's chamber music,a gift to cherish.
Op 80,as good as anything the guvnor wrote pre Op 127,BUT ONLY IMVHO.

[Beef Oven!]

Not completely ignored by some forumites,we've been here before Beefmeister.

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?5515-Mendelssohn-String-Quartets&highlight=Mendelssohn+string+quartets

My two penneth.
The Herschell complete set of the quartets is brilliant,it's as if this music is their blood.
There is also the much hailed Brilliant Classics box of the complete chamber music.
I also have the Naxos discs of the Cello Sonatas,Piano Trios,Piano Quartets,String Quintets and the lovely Sextet for Piano and Strings,all highly recommendable.
Mendelssohn's chamber music,a gift to cherish.
Op 80,as good as anything the guvnor wrote pre Op 127,BUT ONLY IMVHO.

Knock me down with a feather!!

I started the thread because I couldn't se a M StQ thread!!

Cheers Rob

[Nick Armstrong]

Knock me down with a feather!!

I started the thread because I couldn't se a M StQ thread!!

Cheers Rob

Merge-o-Rama?

[Beef Oven!]

Merge-o-Rama?

Behave!

[Nick Armstrong]

Seriously - might be worth combining the Mendelssohn SQ threads? I think it's a good idea!