Top five classical albums
Dec 19, 2021
2 minutes
by ELIZABETH KERR
FELIX AND FANNY MENDELSSOHN STRING QUARTETS, Takács Quartet
omposer Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-47) was overshadowed during her short career and in musical history by her younger brother Felix. Her oeuvre, like that of many female composers, is mostly smaller works for piano and voice; her father and brother did not encourage exposure of her music and, sadly, this beautiful and moving string quartet was not published until 1988. This impeccable
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