{"id":6095,"date":"2019-09-20T00:15:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T22:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solo-musica.de\/?p=6095"},"modified":"2019-09-20T00:15:26","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T22:15:26","slug":"merel-quartet-castalian-string-quartet-mendelssohn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solo-musica.de\/en\/merel-quartet-castalian-string-quartet-mendelssohn\/","title":{"rendered":"Merel Quartet \/ Castalian String Quartet – Mendelssohn Octet & Quartet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Artist: Merel Quartet<\/a> \/ Castalian String Quartet<\/a><\/h2>\n

Title:\u00a0 Mendelssohn Octet & Quartet<\/h2>\n

Catalogue No.: SM 293<\/h2>\n

Release: 20.09.2019<\/h2>\n

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Description<\/h2>\n

“From the Merel Quartet\u2018s inception, the music of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy has played an important role in our repertoire. We find it fascinating how he achieves his own musical language in his string quartet writing, even in his earliest works in that genre. Clearly he is influenced by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, nevertheless, from the very first measures of his quartet Op 12 it is his own voice, his own unique sound which we hear. We feel extremely fortunate to have met the young English foursome with whom we recorded Mendelssohn\u2019s octet: the Castalian String Quartet. It is very rare indeed to find such a close musical affinity between two ensembles and working with them was extremely rewarding. The idea for this recording was born during our performance of the octet at the chamber music festival \u201cZwischent\u00f6ne\u201c in Engelberg in October 2017.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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