Quatuor Van Kuijk – Mendelssohn Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Quatuor Van Kuijk – Mendelssohn Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1 (2022)
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The Quatuor Van Kuijk celebrates the tenth anniversary of its creation and its sixth recording for Alpha with a complete set of Mendelssohn’s quartets, of which this is the first volume: it opens with the Quartet op.13, composed in 1827, when he was only eighteen years old. ‘A trial run? No, a masterstroke! In every movement of this first quartet, we are constantly aware that the sense of urgency is the blood that runs through its veins. Never before have we heard such tension maintained over an entire quartet’, writes Stéphane Goldet in the album’s booklet notes.

Tracklist:

1. Quatuor Van Kuijk – Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13, MWV R 22: I. Adagio – Allegro vivace (07:45)
2. Quatuor Van Kuijk – Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13, MWV R 22: II. Adagio non lento (07:26)
3. Quatuor Van Kuijk – Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13, MWV R 22: III. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto – Allegro di molto (04:46)
4. Quatuor Van Kuijk – Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13, MWV R 22: IV. Presto – Adagio non lento (09:45)
5. Quatuor Van Kuijk – Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12, MWV R 25: I. Adagio non troppo – Allegro non tardante (06:55)
6. Quatuor Van Kuijk – Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12, MWV R 25: II. Canzonetta. Allegretto (03:57)
7. Quatuor Van Kuijk – Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12, MWV R 25: III. Andante espressivo (04:17)
8. Quatuor Van Kuijk – Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12, MWV R 25: IV. Molto allegro e vivace (08:04)
9. Quatuor Van Kuijk – Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1, MWV R 30: I. Molto allegro vivace (12:15)
10. Quatuor Van Kuijk – Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1, MWV R 30: II. Menuetto. Un poco allegretto (04:37)
11. Quatuor Van Kuijk – Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1, MWV R 30: III. Andante espressivo ma con moto (05:34)
12. Quatuor Van Kuijk – Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1, MWV R 30: IV. Presto con brio (07:01)

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