Mendelssohn: String Quartets No 1 & 2 Gabrieli Quartet (2009)

Gabrieli String Quartet - Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 (1990)

Gabrieli String Quartet - Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 (1990)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 59:08 | 296 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos | Catalog: CHAN 8827

The well-known British string quartet was founded in 1967 by Kenneth Sillito, who led the ensemble for some twenty years before passing the responsibility to John Georgiadis, at which point the Quartet entered into an exclusive contract with Chandos and made a number of fine recordings. It toured widely abroad and in the UK and was noted for its well-balanced performances. ‘I know this is a disc to be enjoyed again and again. The sound is simply flawless’, wrote the Newcastle Evening Chronicle.
The Eroica Quartet - Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 1 (1999)

The Eroica Quartet - Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 1 (1999)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 371 Mb | Total time: 78:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMU 907249 | Recorded: 1998

Here is an entirely unaccustomed perspective on Mendelssohn's quartets. These English "period" musicians believe that Romantic music, too, should be played in the original style, with sparing vibrato, distinct articulation, great clarity, and transparency. They even discovered–and use–the bowings and fingerings of Mendelssohn's friend, the violinist Ferdinand David. Since they play extremely well, with a beautiful, full, warm, homogeneous tone, they give the music extraordinary vitality, excitement, and passion as well as a wistful, dreamy inwardness.

ISOS Quartet - Max Bruch: String Quartets No. 1 & 2 (1997)  Music

Posted by Designol at Aug. 17, 2021
ISOS Quartet - Max Bruch: String Quartets No. 1 & 2 (1997)

ISOS Quartet - Max Bruch: String Quartets No. 1 & 2 (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 273 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 166 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: KOCH/Schwann | # 3-6486-2 H1 | Time: 00:52:48

From an early age Max Bruch had enjoyed the ideal conditions for becoming a composer: his family had considerable cultural awareness and gave him all the support he needed. He had already composed not only a (lost) symphony but a significant proportion of his chamber music while still a student. The two youthful String Quartets Op.9 in C minor and Op.10 in E major show a Romantic exuberance poured into classic and classical moulds. The members of the ISOS Quartet — Isabelle van Keulen, Katharine Gowers, Vladimir Mendelssohn and Imke Frank — know each other from several important summer festivals as Lockenhaus and Kuhmo. As their CD debut, they recorded both string quartets by Max Bruch exclusively for Koch International Schwann.
Escher String Quartet - Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 4 (2015) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Escher String Quartet - Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 4 (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 80:10 minutes | 1,52 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Founded in 2005, the Escher String Quartet is still a young ensemble as string quartets go. It has nevertheless become established as one of the most exciting quartets around, both in its home country, the U.S.A., and elsewhere, recently being shortlisted for a BBC Music Magazine Award. With their début disc on BIS, the Eschers launch a three-disc cycle of Mendelssohn's string quartets.

Greta Bradman - Mendelssohn String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 (2019)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Feb. 1, 2019
Greta Bradman - Mendelssohn String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 (2019)

Greta Bradman - Mendelssohn String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 (2019)
FLAC (tracks +booklet) | 01:08:46 | 305 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.

Tinalley String Quartet is thrilled to once again release on the Decca Classics Australia label, this time featuring Mendelssohn's first two published string quartets, Opus 12 and 13, along with a collection of Mendelssohn Lieder - arranged by Australian composer Calvin Bowman for string quartet and soprano, featuring the powerful and expressive voice of Greta Bradman. Written when Mendelssohn was just 18 and 20 years, the Opus 12 and 13 Quartets are beautifully lyrical, and fuelled with passion and vivacity. The flavours of the period strongly permeate these works, and yet his voice is one that is unique and progressive. It is with such joy that the Tinalley String Quartet explores these pillars of the quartet repertory.
Doric String Quartet - Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 1 (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Doric String Quartet - Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 1 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 86:27 minutes | 1,54 GB
Classical | Label: Chandos Records, Official Digital Download

Alongside its ongoing and much lauded Haydn and Schubert series, both on-stage and on-record, the Doric String Quartet with this Mendelssohn album is adding a new milestone in its repertoire.
Quatuor Cambini-Paris - Félicien David: String quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 4 (2011)

Quatuor Cambini-Paris - Félicien David: String quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 4 (2011)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 56:18 | 349 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Naïve | Catalog: AM 206

French composer Félicien David is a more or less forgotten name today but this fine period-instrument recording by the Cambini-Paris Quartet makes a good case for further exploration of his corpus of works. One or two of David's operas survived for a while in the French repertoire, but he was also more interested in instrumental music than many of his contemporaries. Many areas of his oeuvre lie almost entirely unexplored: his four symphonies, numerous choral works and dozens of songs, for example.
Borodin String Quartet - Alexander Borodin: String Quartets No. 1 in A & No. 2 in D (1987)

Borodin String Quartet - Alexander Borodin: String Quartets No. 1 in A & No. 2 in D (1987)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 301 Mb | Total time: 66:22 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI / Melodiya | # CDC 7 47795 2 | Recorded: 1980

The Borodin Quartet plays the music of its namesake as to the manner born. Theirs is a beautiful, lush realization of this lyrical work, polished and full of nuance, and well-served by the 1980 analog recording. The coupling with Borodin's First Quartet is especially attractive.
Ragazze Quartet - Bartók Bound, Vol.1: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 4 (2019)

Ragazze Quartet - Bartók Bound, Vol.1: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 4 (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 342 Mb | Total time: 80:55 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Channel Classics | # CCS 41419 | Recorded: 2018

The music of Béla Bartók has everything: the mysterious tension of a thriller, loving lyricism, warm string sounds, almost impossible techniques challenging any string player to rediscover his instrument, and exhilarating rhythms which could well be rooted in folk dance. With the first volume in a complete string quartet cycle, The Ragazze Quartet has declared itself Bartók Bound.
Doric String Quartet - Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 1 (2018)

Doric String Quartet - Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 1 (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 417 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 203 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:26:28
Classical | Label: Chandos Records

Alongside its ongoing and much lauded Haydn and Schubert series, both on-stage and on-record, the Doric String Quartet with this Mendelssohn album is adding a new milestone in its repertoire. Mendelssohn wrote and published these three quartets at very different stages in his life and they therefore outline the complete trajectory of his creative output. The early Op. 12, also called No. 1, was composed in London and includes many musical allusions to Beethoven, dead only a few years before its composition. These subtly contrast with Mendelssohn’s genially flowing energy. While Op. 44 No. 3, which incorporates many deft variations, developments, and combinations, follows an extended honeymoon tour and Mendelssohn’s twenty-ninth birthday, Op. 80 emerged from a bout of helpless depression after the sudden death of Mendelssohn’s older sister and confidante, Fanny. Mendelssohn described this quartet as a Requiem, and the nervous agitation often found in his music here bursts forth with full force.