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Piano Quartets
Mendelssohn, Domus
Piano Quartets
Genre: Classical
 
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All Artists: Mendelssohn, Domus
Title: Piano Quartets
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: EMI Classics Imports
Release Date: 11/7/2000
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 724356120327
 

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The best recording ever
Ryan Richards | Midland, MI United States | 04/22/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)

"...okay, so I've never actually heard anyone else's interpretation of these quartets, but I don't know how anyone could ever do better than Domus does here. It's so easy to write Mendelssohn off as a precocious "salon music" composer, and thankfully Domus avoids this pitfall, instead imbuing their performances with a fire and passion I'd expect to find in Beethoven or even Brahms. The instruments are well-balanced, making the felicitious interplay between instruments crystal clear. In addition, the players make a special effort to match their playing styles to the style of each movement; hence, the dreamy intermezzo of the second quartet is a stark contrast to that quartet's fiery finale, which contrasts again with, say, the third quartet's fleet-footed scherzo. The brilliant, mature writing of these three quartets (Mendelssohn's earliest published works) serves to cement his amazing precociousness; after all, he wrote these adult-sounding works when he was twelve. Domus' mature, polished, ardently passionate playing of this music fits perfectly the abilities and talents of the prodigy who wrote it."