Mendelssohn: String Octet in E flat


"Mendelssohn's Octet, performed with such verve and relish, made this the climax of a fortnight of chamber recitals." Roger Jones, Music Web International

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This performance is particularly special, given as part of the 2009 Cheltenham Music Festival in the sublime acoustic of the Pittville Pump Room.
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Programme notes

The Grove Dictionary of Music calls it his first indisputable masterpiece; while Sir George Grove, who founded the dictionary and knew Felix Mendelssohn personally, said the composer had ‘as expressive a pair of eyes as were ever set in a human being’s head’.
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Musicians

The Ashes Octet - The Barbirolli Quartet and Australian String Quartet
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Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

String Octet in E flat, op 20 (1825)
The Barbirolli Quartet
Australian String Quartet