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":The performers dig into those qualities for all they’re worth. They don’t play it safe, but step on the gas and risk high rewards at high speed when appropriate...There’s a strong sense of unified ensemble and a pleasing shared energy, which makes for a rewarding listen…If you love Mendelssohn, it ’s pure enjoyment from start to finish." - BBC Music Magazine "The Bartholdy Quintett dispatches this music with the requisite combination of charm and fire. Their ensemble sound is perfectly blended, and the recording captures it all with an excellent balance of direct and hall sound." - Fanfare "In February 2009, on a date very close to the celebration of Mendelssohn’s 200th birthday, we got together for the first time in a quintet lineup in order to perform a small concert in the form of a public rehearsal. The repertoire was rapidly chosen: it had to include at least one piece by Mendelssohn. After that successful experiment, we spontaneously decided upon the composer’s second surname for our new quintet... We find our musical fountain of youth in the works we rehearse as a quintet and the way we approach them. In a climate of mutual trust and familiarity, we find true joy in uncovering new aspects in works with which we were already well acquainted. Geographically we hail from many different corners of Germany; without a “marriage certificate” (as would be required from each one of us if we were a string quartet), we are able to participate in this experience together with a great degree of individual freedom. As good friends, we can communicate with one another on a profound musical level, thus making our ideal of music-making a reality." - Bartholdy Quintett