Minetti Quartett - Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80, Franz Schubert: String Quartet in D minor, D. 810

The connection between the life and work of the composer seems hardly more compelling than in the case of Mendel ssohn�s String Quartet no. 6 in F minor op. 80. Nothing seems more able to demystify a work of music than death itself. The title page of the manuscript of the String Quartet in D minor bears the date 'In March 1824' in Schubert�s own hand. And indeed, in the previous year Schubert did experience tragedy: professional failure and private disappointments tormented the composer in 1823.