Mendelssohn: The String Quintets

James Dunham (viola)

Harrington String Quartet

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This album features two String Quintets, and the Capriccio for String Quartet by Felix Mendelssohn. The String Quintets in particular are two of the truly great string quintets of the 19th Century, superbly performed by the Harrington String Quartet and guest violist James Dunham.

Release date: 14th Sep 2018
Label: Centaur
Catalogue number: CRC3434
Length: 67 minutes
Genres:
- String Quartets,
- String Quintets

Contents and tracklist

Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 1 in A major, Op. 18

Work length32:02

James Dunham (viola)
Harrington String Quartet
Recorded: May 2009
Recording Venue: Globe News Performing Arts, Amarillo, Texas, United States

I. Allegro con moto

Track length13:10

II. Intermezzo: Andante sostenuto

Track length7:47

III. Scherzo: Allegro di molto

Track length4:33

IV. Allegro vivace

Track length6:32

Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 87

Work length29:20

James Dunham (viola)
Harrington String Quartet
Recorded: May 2009
Recording Venue: Globe News Performing Arts, Amarillo, Texas, United States

I. Allegro vivace

Track length10:24

II. Andante scherzando

Track length4:20

III. Adagio e lento

Track length8:40

IV. Allegro molto vivace

Track length5:56

ExcerptMendelssohn: Four pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81

Work length6:10

Harrington String Quartet
Recorded: May 2009
Recording Venue: Globe News Performing Arts, Amarillo, Texas, United States

Capriccio in E Minor, Op. 81, No. 3, MWV R32

Track length6:10

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