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CLASSICAL AUDIO
09/09/16
RELEASE DATE:
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01-04. Quartet No. 5 in E-Flat Major,
Op. 44 No. 3
05-06. Four Pieces for String Quartet,
Op. 81: Capriccio in E Minor -
Fugue in E-Flat Major
07-10. Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80
TRACK LIST:
01-24. Mer Hahn en Neue Oberkeet,
BWV 212
25-29. Non sa Che Sia Dolore, BWV 209
30-32. Amore Traditore, BWV 203
TRACK LIST:
STRING QUARTETS
NOS. 5 & 6
FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY
COMPOSER:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
ARTIST:
Escher String Quartet
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SECULAR CANTATAS,
VOL. 7
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
COMPOSER:
Johann Sebastian Bach
ARTIST:
Bach Collegium Japan
·
Mojca
Erdmann (soprano)
·
Dominik Wörner (bass)
·
Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)
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· This new release is the final disc in the Escher String Quartet's traversal of Mendelssohn's string quartets.
·
The Strad called the first installment "A deeply rewarding release... and by any standards a distinguished one." Later the same magazine made the sequel its
recommendation in the November issue of 2015.
·
Mendelssohn's final quartets, Nos 5 and 6, are featured here alongside his Capriccio and Fugue. The Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 was a special work in the composer's
eyes. The work was written in response to the unexpected death of his beloved sister, Fanny. The piece was published posthumously, as Mendelssohn suffered a number
of strokes and died a month after premiering the piece.
· This is the seventh disc in the Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki's series of secular cantatas by J. S. Bach.
·
The best known of these cantatas is featured on this installment, the ever popular "Peasant Cantata." The piece was
written in broad dialect, and set to music which was based around folk songs, making it accessible to the greater
population rather than the educated elite.
·
The soprano cantata BWV 209 was composed as a musical farewell to one of Bach's pupils upon his departure from
Leipzig. Finally, Amore traitor for bass solo follows the story of a lover who accuses Amor of betrayal and deception.
The closing aria is distinct, utilizing both the voice and the harpsichord in virtuosic passages.
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