Van Kuijk Quartet - Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 1-3 - Import CD

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Van Kuijk Quartet

Description:

The Complete Mendelssohn String Quartets by Van Kuyck Q, Vol. 1 Formed in France in 2012, the quartet won the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in 2015, released a series of albums on the ALPHA label with Mozart at the core, and made a successful first visit to Japan in the spring of 2019 The Van Kuyck Quartet, which won the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition and released a series of albums on the ALPHA label centered on Mozart, and will make its first successful visit to Japan in the spring of 2019. The first volume includes Nos. 1 through 3 in order of composition. The first quartet includes No. 2, written in the composer's late teens in the then still adventurous minor key; No. 1, written at the age of 20 and, like No. 2, strongly influenced by Beethoven; and No. 3, one of three pieces written in his late 20s during his busy life as a composer and performer. The Van Kijk Quartet presents the freshness of the two youthful works and the fullness of No. 3 with their typical flowing musical narrative and dynamic expression. Naxos Japan

Tracklisting:

1.String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13~I. Adagio - Allegro vivace
2.String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13~II. Adagio non lento
3.String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13~III. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto - Allegro di molto
4.String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13~IV. Presto - Adagio non lento
5.String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 12~I. Adagio non troppo - Allegro non tardante
6.String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 12~II. Canzonetta. Allegretto
7.String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 12~III. Andante espressivo
8.String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 12~IV. Molto allegro e vivace
9.String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 44 No. 1~I. Molto allegro vivace
10.String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 44 No. 1~II. Menuetto. Un poco allegretto
11.String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 44 No. 1~III. Andante espressivo ma con moto
12.String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 44 No. 1~IV. Presto con brio