Credits:

El Dedi Gengakusyu Soudan

Description:

The Erdödy String Quartet, formed in 1989 by four graduates of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, has been performing the string quartets of Mendelssohn and Schumann in its repertoire. This disc, the latest result of the quartet, includes Mendelssohn's No. 2, which is filled with profound beauty and lyricism despite being written when he was just 18 years old, and Schumann's No. 3, which was dedicated to Mendelssohn in 1842 and produced the most outstanding chamber music work of his lifetime. Their performance, which visits the trajectory of the maturing Romanticism, is filled with sincere insight and deep vibrancy. ALM RECORDS/Kojima Recording