FRIEDRICH VON FLOTOW (1812-1883): String Quartet in C, ANTONIO ROSETTI (1750-1792): String Quartet in A, Op. 2/1, RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883): Im Triebhaus from Wesendonck-Lieder (arr. Reinhard Lippert [b.1951]), THOMAS MENCKEN (1550-1612): Fantasia duarum, quatuor vocum, JÖRG ULRICH KRAH (b.1976): Fantasia for String Quartet.

Description: What ties this weird program together? All the composers are from Schwerin in Mecklenberg. And it's a gift to chamber music collectors of the Classical and Romantic periods since the two biggest works are Rosetti's 16-minute work from 1775, a youthful work but still of interest, and Flotow's 29-minute work which is undated. Flowing and lyrical, it has a pleasant, serenade-like quality. Demmler Quartet