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Mendelssohn String Quartets Opp 80 & 44 No1
Quatuor Psophos | Talich Quartet
Aficionados of the quartets of Mendelssohn – I’m one of them – will want to hear both these CDs. Where...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 10/2004
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto; Octet
Daniel Hope has a chameleon-like ability to transform his style to fit every new recording. Often it’s revelatory, as in...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2007
ENESCU; MENDELSSOHN Octets (Gringolts Quartet & Meta4)
When it comes to choosing a recommendable version of Enescu’s fiery and tightly argued Octet, a work written in 1900...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2020
Mendelssohn in Birmingham Vol 5: Overtures
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Edward Gardner
This engaging disc of Mendelssohn’s overtures forms the final volume of Edward Gardner and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 07/2019
MENDELSSOHN Complete String Quartets, Vol 2 (Quatuor Van Kuijk)
Alpha and the brilliant young Van Kuijk Quartet again steal a march on their CD competitors by offering three Mendelssohn...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 04/2023
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night's Dream (Savall)
>Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their record label Alia Vox with Mendelssohn’s...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2024
Mendelssohn Concertos
Gidon Kremer | Martha Argerich | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Ronald Thomas's performance of Mendelssohn's youthful Violin Concerto in D minor on Chandos is coupled with one of the early...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1989
Mendelssohn Piano Trios Opp 49 & 66
Thankfully, today’s performers seem to have forgotten about the false characterisation, prevalent 50 years ago, of Mendelssohn as a composer...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 3/2005
MENDELSSOHN; SCHUMANN Piano Concertos (Stewart Goodyear)
Andrew Constantine | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
How do you like your Schumann Piano Concerto served? Heavyweight? Proto-Brahmsian? Or lightweight, quasi-Mendelssohn? If you prefer the former approach...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2025
MENDELSSOHN Works for Cello and Piano
Christian Poltéra | Ronald Brautigam
It’s fair to say that the world is not short of Mendelssohn cello-and-piano recital recordings. But although Poltéra and Brautigam...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 12/2017
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