Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 & Octet
Cleveland Quartet & Meliora Quartet
These two works, the Octet written when Mendelssohn was 16, the Quartet Op. 13 when he was 19, and under the influence of Beethoven's late quartets, are the most wonderful music ever written... — More…
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Public Domain: String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13, MWV R 22: I. Adagio - Allegro vivace
- Cleveland Quartet (string quartet), Donald Weilerstein (violin), Paul Katz (cello), Atar Arad (viola), Peter Salaff (violin)
- Recorded: 1987
Public Domain: String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13, MWV R 22: II. Adagio non lento
- Cleveland Quartet (string quartet), Donald Weilerstein (violin), Paul Katz (cello), Atar Arad (viola), Peter Salaff (violin)
- Recorded: 1987
Public Domain: String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13, MWV R 22: III. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto - Allegro di molto
- Cleveland Quartet (string quartet), Donald Weilerstein (violin), Paul Katz (cello), Atar Arad (viola), Peter Salaff (violin)
- Recorded: 1987
Public Domain: String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13, MWV R 22: IV. Presto - Adagio non lento
- Cleveland Quartet (string quartet), Donald Weilerstein (violin), Paul Katz (cello), Atar Arad (viola), Peter Salaff (violin)
- Recorded: 1987
Public Domain: String Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20, MWV R 20: I. Allegro moderato, ma con fuoco
- Cleveland Quartet (string quartet), Meliora Quartet (string quartet), Elizabeth Anderson (cello), Maria Lambros (viola), Calvin Wiersma (violin), Ian Swensen (violin), Paul Katz (cello), Atar Arad (viola), Peter Salaff (violin), Donald Weilerstein (violin)
- Recorded: 1987
Public Domain: String Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20, MWV R 20: II. Andante
- Cleveland Quartet (string quartet), Meliora Quartet (string quartet), Elizabeth Anderson (cello), Maria Lambros (viola), Calvin Wiersma (violin), Ian Swensen (violin), Paul Katz (cello), Atar Arad (viola), Peter Salaff (violin), Donald Weilerstein (violin)
- Recorded: 1987
Public Domain: String Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20, MWV R 20: III. Scherzo. Allegro leggierissimo
- Cleveland Quartet (string quartet), Meliora Quartet (string quartet), Elizabeth Anderson (cello), Maria Lambros (viola), Calvin Wiersma (violin), Ian Swensen (violin), Paul Katz (cello), Atar Arad (viola), Peter Salaff (violin), Donald Weilerstein (violin)
- Recorded: 1987
Public Domain: String Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20, MWV R 20: IV. Presto
- Cleveland Quartet (string quartet), Meliora Quartet (string quartet), Elizabeth Anderson (cello), Maria Lambros (viola), Calvin Wiersma (violin), Ian Swensen (violin), Paul Katz (cello), Atar Arad (viola), Peter Salaff (violin), Donald Weilerstein (violin)
- Recorded: 1987