Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Quintette à cordes n° 1 en la majeur, op. 18
Quintette à cordes n° 2 en si bémol majeur, op. 87
Quatre pièces pour quatuor à cordes, op. 81

Gunter Teuffel, alto
Quatuor Mandelring

Sebastian Schmidt, violon
Nanette Schmidt, violon
Roland Gassl, alto
Bernhard Schmidt, violoncelle

Audite’s fourth volume of Felix Mendelssohn’s complete chamber music for strings sees the Mandelring Quartett championing a genre which has always been overshadowed by the noble string quartet: the quintet for two violins, two violas and cello. Twice Mendelssohn, first as a young genius and then later as an established musician, wrote for this combination – and twice he created magnificently sonorous, rousing masterworks.