[Machine Translation] The Minguet Quartet presents the second volume of the Mendelssohn: String Quartet series. Mendelssohn was a precocious genius, but his first string quartet was written in 1829. He wrote the first string quartet in 1829 at the age of 22, which is surprisingly late. Of course, Mendelssohn composed two string quartets in his teens as well, the `E-flat major' and `A minor' (later to become No. 2) included in this album, but they were not given work numbers, and it was from No. 1 that Mendelssohn published his most confident works. The Four Pieces, Op. 81, sometimes called "String Quartet No. 7," is a work from Mendelssohn's later years, and was probably greatly influenced by Beethoven's later quartets, which he admired. It is a collection of separately written works, including a highly accomplished fugue and variations. [Members: Ulrich Isfort (1st violin), Annette Reisinger (2nd violin), Alois Zorin (viola), Matthias Diener (cello)