Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 6
Tippett Quartet
These are essentially ‘old fashioned’ interpretations: moderate in choice of tempos and range of dynamics, full-toned, warm and blended in textures and inflected with a generous degree of vibrato...
Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 6
Tippett Quartet
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These are essentially ‘old fashioned’ interpretations: moderate in choice of tempos and range of dynamics, full-toned, warm and blended in textures and inflected with a generous degree of vibrato...
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An exciting new collaboration between Somm Recordings and the Tippett Quartet begins with striking performances of early and late string quartets by Mendelssohn. Fiercely imbued with the spirit of Beethoven, Mendelssohn's Opp. 12, 13 and 80 quartets brim and boil with an innovation, dynamism, emotional sincerity and technical flair some would deny the composer. These deeply felt performances from the Tippett Quartet present Mendelssohn in a new light and challenge Hans von Bulow's notorious observation that he "began as a genius and ended as a talent". For the Tippett Quartet, these are works that "banish past notions that Mendelssohn's music is in any way lacking in emotional depth or profundity. We celebrate his innovation, invention and powerful spirit."
Contents and tracklist
- Tippett Quartet
- Recorded: 20 and 24 March, 2017, 15 May 2017
- Recording Venue: St. Paul Chruch, Southgate, United Kingdom
- Tippett Quartet
- Recorded: 20 and 24 March, 2017, 15 May 2017
- Recording Venue: St. Paul Chruch, Southgate, United Kingdom
- Tippett Quartet
- Recorded: 20 and 24 March, 2017, 15 May 2017
- Recording Venue: St. Paul Chruch, Southgate, United Kingdom
Awards and reviews
August 2018
These are essentially ‘old fashioned’ interpretations: moderate in choice of tempos and range of dynamics, full-toned, warm and blended in textures and inflected with a generous degree of vibrato throughout. This works best in the slow movements…yet that very ‘maturity’ tends to neutralise the more incisively youthful details of the early quartets, or indeed, the febrile intensity of the F minor.
