String Quartets no. 1 op. 12 / no. 2 op. 13

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & Gabrieli String Quartet

String Quartets No. 1, Op. 12 and No. 2, Op. 13 are chamber works by Felix Mendelssohn composed in 1829. They combine Classical quartet forms with early Romantic harmonic language and lyrical writing, employing brisk scherzos, expressive slow movements and contrapuntal passages that show Mendelssohn's assimilation of earlier models while signalling his growing maturity as a chamber-music composer.

First released: 1989

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1.
String Quartet No. 2, op. 13: I. Adagio - Allegro vivace
8:22
2.
String Quartet No. 2, op. 13: II. Adagio non lento
9:09
3.
String Quartet No. 2, op. 13: III. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto - Allegro di molto
4:55
4.
String Quartet No. 2, op. 13: IV. Presto - Adagio non lento
9:44
5.
String Quartet No. 1, op. 12: I. Adagio non troppo - Allegro non tardante
8:30
6.
String Quartet No. 1, op. 12: II. Canzonetta. Allegretto - Più mosso
4:23
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String Quartet No. 1, op. 12: III. Andante espressivo
5:34
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String Quartet No. 1, op. 12: IV. Molto allegro e vivace
8:32