Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80

Franz Schubert:
String Quartet in D minor, D. 810

The connection between the life and work of the composer seems hardly more compelling than in the case of Mendelssohn’s String Quartet no. 6 in F minor op. 80. Nothing seems more able to demystify a work of music than death itself.

The title page of the manuscript of the String Quartet in D minor bears the date In March 1824 in Schubert’s own hand. And indeed, in the previous year Schubert did experience tragedy: professional failure and private disappointments tormented the composer in 1823.

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Recording: 12./13.Juni 2017 und 20.-22.Juni 2017, Hofmusikkapelle Wien