Escher String Quartet - Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 5 & 6 (2016)

This new release is the final disc in the Escher String Quartets traversal of Mendelssohns string quartets. The Strad called the first installment A deeply rewarding release and by any standards a distinguished one. Later the same magazine made the sequel its recommendation in the November issue of 2015. Mendelssohns final quartets, Nos 5 and 6, are featured here alongside his Capriccio and Fugue. The Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 was a special work in the composers eyes. The work was written in response to the unexpected death of his beloved sister, Fanny. The piece was published posthumously, as Mendelssohn suffered a number of strokes and died a month after premiering the piece.