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Mendelssohn: Chamber & Orchestral Works
Erato's recording of the Octet is just a little too closely balanced and the quality is a little raw, which...
Reviewed in issue 10/1989
Mendelssohn String Quintets
“The most precociously gifted composer the world has ever known.” Annotator Julian Haylock justifiably celebrates a musical talent “which was...
Reviewed in issue 8/1998
Mendelssohn The String Symphonies
Mendelssohn’s extraordinary precocity is nowhere more comprehensively shown than in the 13 early string symphonies, and though it is extraordinary...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/1996
Mendelssohn Piano Quartets
The boy Mendelssohn's precocity never ceases to amaze: not even Mozart as a teenager was so complete a master of...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/1991
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concertos. Capriccio Brillant (Lars Vogt)
Lars Vogt | Paris Chamber Orchestra
Mendelssohn performed by a chamber orchestra and directed from the keyboard always looks like an enticing proposition. And so it...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2022
Mendelssohn Chamber Works
This is a dazzling performance of the Octet, in just the right way: that is to say, the virtuosity is...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1990
Mendelssohn Complete Organ Works, Vol 1
In all Jennifer Bate’s wide-ranging discography, I most admire the recordings of British organ music in which she has taken...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 7/2005
MENDELSSOHN Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2
Jeremy Denk | Joshua Bell | Steven Isserlis
Until now, Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis and Jeremy Denk have joined up on only a single recording, which featured the...
Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 10/2024
Mendelssohn Symphony No 2, 'Lobgesang'
German Chamber Choir | Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra | Thomas Fey
With this sixth volume, Thomas Fey and the Heidelberg SO complete their cycle of all Mendelssohn’s symphonies (including the early...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/2010
Mendelssohn Symphony No 2, 'Lobgesang'
Mendelssohn’s Hymn of Praise was hugely popular in the 19th century, generally performed as a completely choral work without the...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/2009
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