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孟德爾頌: 2首弦樂五重奏,作品18/87
提摩西.李道特 中提琴
多利克弦樂四重奏

The Doric String Quartet is firmly established as one of the leading quartets of its generation, receiving enthusiastic responses from audiences and critics around the globe. Following their acclaimed recordings of Mendelssohn's string quartets, here the quartet is joined by leading violist Timothy Ridout for an album of Mendelssohn's two string quintets. These were written at the beginning and end of his short but remarkable compositional life. Mendelssohn composed No. 1 in 1826, shortly before the Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, when he was just seventeen. No. 2 was written in 1845, when he was thirty-six, a year before the premiere of Elijah and just two years before his death.

FELIX MENDELSSOHN
String Quintet No.1, Op.18, MWV R21 30:40
1. I Allegro con moto11:56
2. II Intermezzo. Andante sostenuto8:03
3. III Scherzo. Allegro di molto4:18
4. IV Allegro vivace6:22

String Quintet No.2, Op.87, MWV R33 30:43
5. I Allegro vivace10:24
6. II Allegretto scherzando4:35
7. III Adagio e lento10:04
8. IV Allegro molto vivace5:38

Total time: 61:20
Chamber: Doric String Quartet
Solo: Timothy Ridout viola