L'Archibudelli - Mendelssohn: String Quintets Nos. 1 & 2 (2000)
BAND/ARTIST: L'Archibudelli
- Title: Mendelssohn: String Quintets Nos. 1 & 2
- Year Of Release: 2000
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 00:59:46
- Total Size: 286 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Quintet for Strings No. 1 in A Major, Op. 18: Allegro con moto
02. Quintet for Strings No. 1 in A Major, Op. 18: Intermezzo. Andante sostenuto
03. Quintet for Strings No. 1 in A Major, Op. 18: Scherzo. Allegro di molto
04. Quintet for Strings No. 1 in A Major, Op. 18: Allegro vivace
05. Quintet for Strings No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 87: Allegro Vivace
06. Quintet for Strings No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 87: Andante scherzando
07. Quintet for Strings No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 87: Adagio e Lento
08. Quintet for Strings No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 87: Allegro molto Vivace
This is music to put a smile on your face and joy into your heart. Written 20 years apart, the two quintets are very different in mood and character, but both are masterpieces; why they are so rarely played is a mystery. The first is all airy lightness and sunshine, full of melting, soaring melodies, with a warm, expressive slow movement, a Scherzo that is not only scintillating, but contrapuntally masterful, and a brilliant Finale. The second is more fiery, urgent, and passionate, the texture fuller and richer; the Scherzo is ironic, rustic; the slow movement is lamentatious and tragic, but ends triumphantly. The playing is simply splendid. L'Archibudelli, a distinguished period-instrument group, uses normal tuning and what seems a modified romantic approach, with restrained vibrato, great purity of tone, impeccable intonation, and exemplary phrasing. The players prove that brilliance can be achieved without excessive speed; their deeply felt, inward expressiveness communicates with a simple immediacy that needs no external effects or exaggerations. They bring out the characteristic sound of each instrument, with radiant violins, mellow violas, and a deep, sonorous cello, yet their blended tone is remarkably homogeneous.
01. Quintet for Strings No. 1 in A Major, Op. 18: Allegro con moto
02. Quintet for Strings No. 1 in A Major, Op. 18: Intermezzo. Andante sostenuto
03. Quintet for Strings No. 1 in A Major, Op. 18: Scherzo. Allegro di molto
04. Quintet for Strings No. 1 in A Major, Op. 18: Allegro vivace
05. Quintet for Strings No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 87: Allegro Vivace
06. Quintet for Strings No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 87: Andante scherzando
07. Quintet for Strings No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 87: Adagio e Lento
08. Quintet for Strings No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 87: Allegro molto Vivace
This is music to put a smile on your face and joy into your heart. Written 20 years apart, the two quintets are very different in mood and character, but both are masterpieces; why they are so rarely played is a mystery. The first is all airy lightness and sunshine, full of melting, soaring melodies, with a warm, expressive slow movement, a Scherzo that is not only scintillating, but contrapuntally masterful, and a brilliant Finale. The second is more fiery, urgent, and passionate, the texture fuller and richer; the Scherzo is ironic, rustic; the slow movement is lamentatious and tragic, but ends triumphantly. The playing is simply splendid. L'Archibudelli, a distinguished period-instrument group, uses normal tuning and what seems a modified romantic approach, with restrained vibrato, great purity of tone, impeccable intonation, and exemplary phrasing. The players prove that brilliance can be achieved without excessive speed; their deeply felt, inward expressiveness communicates with a simple immediacy that needs no external effects or exaggerations. They bring out the characteristic sound of each instrument, with radiant violins, mellow violas, and a deep, sonorous cello, yet their blended tone is remarkably homogeneous.
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