Since you are interested in Mendelssohn: Complete String Quartets Vol. 2 Nos 3 & 4, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
ARTHUR LOURIA
Concerto da Camera; Suite / Roslavets, Nikolay - String Quartet No. 3 Leipziger Streichquartett [ MDG / CD - released 16/Feb/2004 ] The Leipzig String Quartet has already taken the standard literature by storm and now makes undiscovered musical territory its interpretive domain. Three unknown, supremely interesting works serve as the occasion: Arthur Lourié's Suite and Nikolai... |
W. A. MOZART
Haydn-Quartets Vol. 3: String Quartets KV 428 und 464 Leipziger Streichquartett [ MDG / CD - released 28/Mar/2003 ] String Quartets by the 27 year old Mozart |
MENDELSSOHN
String Quartets Vol. 3 Op. 44, 3, Op. 80 Leipziger Streichquartett [ MDG / CD - released 19/Oct/2003 ] "The Leipzig, combining an impassioned sweep with expressive warmth and subtlety, would now be my first choice." ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (Jan 04) |
BRAHMS
Sextet op. 36 / String Quartet op. 51,1 Leipziger Streichquartett / Hartmut Rohde (viola) Peter Bruns (violoncello) [ MDG / CD - released 10/Feb/2005 ] the famous Sextet in G major op. 36 and the Quartet op. 51,1. |
JANACEK / HAAS
String Quartets Pavel Haas Quartet [ Supraphon / CD - released 12/Oct/2007 ] Gramophone Magazine Award Winner 2007 - Chamber |
TCHAIKOVSKY
String Quartets Vol 1 (Nos 1 & 2) Utrecht String Quartet [ MDG SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/May/2010 ] "…the players…rich tone and blended sonorities make the most of Tchaikovsky's beautiful harmonic passage, while solo melodies such as those for viola and cello in the finale of the First Quartet have an ample sound that does full justice to this... |