| Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) | Octuor à cordes en mi bémol majeur, Op.20 | |
| Enesco, Georges (1881-1955) | Octuor à cordes, Op.7 | |
| Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924) | Requiem: In paradisum (arr. Raphaël Merlin) |
| Quatuor Belcea | |
| Corina Belcea | Violon |
| Suyeon Kang | Violon |
| Krzysztof Chorzelski | Alto |
| Antoine Lederlin | Violoncelle |
| Quatuor Ébène | |
| Gabriel Le Magadure | Violon |
| Jonathan Schwarz | Violon |
| Marie Chilemme | Alto |
| Yuya Okamoto | Violoncelle |
Two major quartets join together for two central pillars of the repertoire for string octet, the popular Mendelssohn a youthful masterpiece and compositional miracle, George Enescu’s also early – dating from 1900 – and a work which the composer himself conducted at the first performance in 1909.
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