Mendelssohn: String Quartet Op. 12; String Quintet Op. 18
Album review: Recordings of Mendelssohn 's string quartets had become plentiful by the last decade of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty first, but recordings of the German Romantic's string quintets remained relatively rare, so this splendid 2009 Supraphon release of his A major String Quintet , including its original second movement, coupled with his E flat major String Quartet , will be welcomed by the composer's advocates and enthusiasts. Both works are performed by Czech...
