About this title: This, the second volume in the Henschel Quartet's survey of the complete string quartet of Mendelssohn, is no better and no worse than the first volume. The Henschel is still an accomplished group with a cohesive ensemble, a powerful sense of rhythm, and a strong feeling for structure. But the Henschel is also still a group that tends to skate over the surface of the music, drive the tempos too hard to relax, and so intent on making points that it misses the lyrical heart and the dramatic soul of the music. The A minor quartet is earnest but too comfortable, the E flat quartet sincere but too ...
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