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Mendelssohn: Lieder
Dalton Baldwin | Nathalie Stutzmann
This is rather a case of ''the singer, not the song'', for not even his most ardent admirers would claim...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 5/1991
Mendelssohn Symphonies for Strings
Occasional recordings of Mendelssohn's early symphonies for string orchestra began to appear in the early 1960s, but it was not...
Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 8/1993
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto. A Midsummer Night's Dream
Jennifer Pike works hard, perhaps against the grain, to counter the impression of prettiness that Mendelssohn’s music still leaves in...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 02/2016
Mendelssohn Overtures
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra | Claus Peter Flor
Flor's recording of the complete A Midsummer Night's Dream music, made in Bamberg, was given a highly enthusiastic review by...
Reviewed in issue 1/1989
Mendelssohn String Quartets
The shadow of Beethoven falls heavily over these two quartets; or—if you prefer—the strong light of Beethoven illuminates them. Players...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/1992
F & F MENDELSSOHN Works for Cello and Piano
Alasdair Beatson | Johannes Moser
Johannes Moser, whom I last encountered playing Rachmaninov and Prokofiev with Andrei Korobeinikov, now joins forces with Alasdair Beatson who...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: AW2019
MENDELSSOHN Songs without Words, Vol 2 (Jacopo Salvatori)
Pianists who record Mendelssohn’s complete Songs without Words usually present them in order by opus number. For his second and...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2023
Mendelssohn & Raff Octets
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
When the ASMF Chamber Ensemble recorded Mendelssohn's Octet last year only one player remained who could have had memories of...
Reviewed in issue 3/1990
Mendelssohn Complete Organ Works, Vol 2
The 1924 Harrison organ of the Temple Church, London, provides an appropriately magisterial setting for Mendelssohn’s Second Sonata, which is...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 13/2005
Mendelssohn String Quartets
The Coull Quartet's selection is an interesting one, comprising Mendelssohn's first essay in the string quartet genre (in E flat),...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1992
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