Mendelssohn and Enescu Octets
Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, the celebrated Belcea Quartet and Quatuor 脡b猫ne join forces for two dazzling teenage masterpieces: the string octets by Mendelssohn and Enescu.
Two of the world's most celebrated chamber ensembles, the Belcea Quartet and Quatuor 脡b猫ne join forces for two dazzling teenage masterpieces.
Felix Mendelssohn was 16 when he wrote his miraculous, genre-busting Octet in 1825. Its four movements are a compelling journey, bursting with joyful energy and imagination in its variety of textures, interweaving themes and musical argument.
When George Enescu wrote his Octet In 1900 he was 19 years old and already a long-established established child prodigy who, at the age of seven, had been the youngest student ever admitted to the Vienna Conservatory. Often dramatic, unsettling and emotionally charged, the Octet's four continuous movements are shot through with the folk music traditions of his native Romania.
Recorded last week at Wigmore Hall.
Mendelssohn: Octet in E flat major, Op. 20
Enescu: Octet in C major Op. 7
Belcea Quartet
Quatuor 脡b猫ne
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Felix Mendelssohn
Octet in E major Op.20 for strings
Ensemble: Belcea Quartet. Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne. -
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Sonata in G major Op.168 for bassoon and piano
Ensemble: Belcea Quartet. Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne. -
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George Enescu
Octet in C major Op.7 for strings
Ensemble: Belcea Quartet. Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne. -
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Gabriel Faur茅
Requiem Op.48 for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra; i. In Paradisum
Ensemble: Belcea Quartet. Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne. -
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Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Andrei Ioni牛膬.
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