I’d like to think that few people would dissent from the opinion that Mendelssohn’s Octet is a masterpiece – and not just because he was a teenager when he wrote it. This performance, a tale of two string quartets, one from Paris, the other from London, has much going for it, not least exact ensemble … Continue reading Quatuor Ébène & Belcea Quartet record Octets by Enescu and Mendelssohn for Erato.