Mendelssohn String Quartet No.1, Op.12 Score

I Adagio non troppo -- Allegro non tardante 00:00
II Canzonetta: Allegretto in G minor 07:47
III Andante espressivo 11:41
IV Molto allegro e vivace 15:39

Mendelssohn's first string quartet in E flat major, composed in 1829 and dedicated to a friend, Betty Pistor.

Played by: Emerson String Quartet
from "Listening Guide - A Journey Through Mendelssohn's Quartets Emerson String Quartet & Eugene Drucker 2005"

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[ketanfernandes]

Even when Mendelssohn is clearly Romantic, many late Classical influences of Beethoven can be heard in the first movement!

[williammatthewjosephgenova]

As for Mozart, no one is ever allowed to tell Felix that he had too many notes. What he composed is the right amount. Lui era un genio.

[akwan]

21:18 that key change back to e-flat major is the most best moment of the whole quartet... :)

[TimothyZhou]

How on earth was this his opus 12?? A true prodigy...

[choijiwonballetclassmusic]

15:39
schubert
String Quintet in C major, D. 956 4mov.

[johnchessant]

1:30 the high note is so romantic <3

[jojomj]

anyone notice the part at 16:42 sounds like the transition to A flat major in the 1st movement of the 6th quartet? theres no way that's not some sort of nod to his youth.

[yowzephyr]

Many people know that Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the same exact day, February 12, 1809. But I say three times is the charm. Let's include Felix Mendelssohn with Abe and Charlie, even tho Felix was actually 9 days older than them.

[FastGoing]

wow, so beautiful... heartbreaking yet with class

[georgel]

Sounds like the theme of the second movement was an inspiration for Schumann's last movement of kreisleriana (no8)

[brianmoore]

I am learning this on c. Guitar, checking to see how close F. Tarrega transcription of the Canzonetta part, and wondering what orig. key it is in. My trans.is Am A Am the whole Canzonetta. I think now because here it is either B flat major or G minor, it probably is G minor, because it begins and ends on the dominate fifth of D, then to G major, then back to G minor and ending the Canzonetta

[seneca]

thank you for all the work you have done in putting this together. to my ears the Emerson drive the music very hard and at times the results seem harsh. it’s not a historically informed approach but they play with commitment. it’s just not how i see the work.

[ffun]

I hear so much of Brahms in Mendelssohn's music

[viniciusbatista]

14:30 2nd violin play a B flat instead a C

[benko]

Tbh, i don't wanna hate on mendelson or anything bcs hes a very good composer but why so many repeats...:(