{"id":3317,"date":"2023-09-25T09:19:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T12:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.azulmusic.com.br\/en\/?post_type=portfolio&p=3317"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:26:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:26:34","slug":"mendelssohn-string-quartets-no-1-2-3","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.azulmusic.com.br\/en\/portfolio-item\/mendelssohn-string-quartets-no-1-2-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Mendelssohn: String Quartets No. 1, 2 & 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mendelssohn: String Quartets No. 1, 2 &<\/span> 3<\/h3>
Quarteto Carlos Gomes<\/a>\n<\/div>
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In 2022, at the end of a series of performances dedicated to Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Claudio Cruz (violin), Adonhiran Reis (violin), Gabriel Marin (viola), and Alceu Reis (cello) from the award-winning Carlos Gomes Quartet, decided to record the entirety of Mendelssohn’s string quartets. In this project with the Azul Music label, the first volume is the album Mendelssohn: String Quartets No. 1, 2 & 3<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Mendelssohn simultaneously published his first two quartets \u2014 No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12<\/em> (1829), and No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13<\/em> (1827) \u2014, but he inverted the chronological order when numbering these pieces that, even in his youth, showed his full maturity. The subsequent Quartet \u2014 No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1<\/em> (1838) \u2014 is a work the composer was proud of, as evidenced by his letter from July 30, 1838, to violinist and friend Ferdinand David (1810-1873).<\/p>\n

In the Carlos Gomes Quartet’s interpretation, the Canzonetta<\/em>, the second movement of Quartet No. 1<\/em>, begins with a combination of vigor and fluidity, building a dizzying scenario ahead in the “pi\u00f9 mosso”<\/em> section. In the opening movement of Quartet No. 2<\/em>, the clarity of execution fully illuminates the contrapuntal textures; and, as if that wasn’t enough, this recording presents a sumptuous stereo image, enhancing musical enjoyment. Already highlighted in the brilliance that the key of D major provides to the strings, the exultant finale of Quartet No. 3<\/em> finds the perfect union between momentum and detail in this recording, thus concluding an album that from start to finish reveals that technique and expression are a singular experience called music.<\/p>\n

Text: Daniel Bento \u2013\u00a0@enxerguemusica<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>

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