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Mendelssohn Organ Works, Vol.1
Mendelssohn's reputation as a composer for the organ rests entirely on six Sonatas and three Preludes and Fugues. In fact...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 10/1992
Mendelssohn: String Symphonies
London Musici | Mark Stephenson
London Musici's first recording (Conifer (CD) CDCF172, 8/89) contained concertos by Malcolm Arnold, and was welcomed enthusiastically by EG. This...
Reviewed in issue 3/1990
MOZART String Quartet No 15 MENDELSSOHN String Quartet No 2
There is no doubt that there is the sort of energy on this disc, particularly in the Mendelssohn, that is...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 05/2015
Mendelssohn Organ Works
In some ways, Mendelssohn may be classed with his 'romantic' nineteenth-century colleagues, for to take just one area of his...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 5/1992
Mendelssohn Paulus
Even more Bach-influenced than the later and more successful Elijah, Paulus benefits from this slimmed-down, period-instrument performance using a small...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1995
Mendelssohn Piano Trios
To the two excellent performances of these trios listed above is now added a very competitive version from the Fontenay...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1990
Mendelssohn Concerto for Piano;Double Concerto
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra | Gottfried von der Goltz | Kristian Bezuidenhout
Only recently the Double Concerto appeared in a recording (apparently the first) that revived parts for trumpets and drums. Those...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 12/2011
Bruch; Mendelssohn Octets
Auer Quartet | Kodály Quartet | Zsolt Fejérvári
Mendelssohn and Bruch are frequent CD companions – but not with these works! It’s astonishing that such a substantial, characteristic...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 8/2006
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No 1 (Isata Kanneh-Mason)
Isata Kanneh-Mason | Jonathan Bloxham | London Mozart Players
Isata Kanneh-Mason’s fifth Decca release is dedicated to the music of Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn in an interesting programme including...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2024
Mendelssohn Orchestral Works
Charles Mackerras | Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
This record comes with an immaculate pedigree—an orchestra that has won itself the highest possible reputation for the performance of...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/1989
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