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Mendelssohn Symphonies
Franz Welser-Möst | London Philharmonic Orchestra
It is timely that just as the London Philharmonic is taking up its prestigious residency at the Royal Festival Hall,...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1992
Mendelssohn Piano Trios
To the three excellent performances of Mendelssohn's D minor and C minor Trios listed above is now added a fourth,...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/1991
Mendelssohn Piano Works
The Sonata dates from the same year as A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, so not too much should be made...
Reviewed in issue 1/1985
MENDELSSOHN Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra (Henry Raudales)
Henry Raudales | Munich Radio Orchestra
Mendelssohn never intended for his 12 string symphonies to be published. Composed from around 1821, when he was just on...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 03/2019
Mendelssohn; Shostakovich Violin Concertos
Hilary Hahn | Hugh Wolff | Marek Janowski | Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Years ago the merest mention of Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto brought just two key stylistic templates to mind: David Oistrakh...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 4/2003
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No 1. Piano Sextet (Yuja Wang)
Yuja Wang is clearly the star billing on this new release in DG’s recently launched Verbier Festival Gold digital-only series....
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2022
Mendelssohn Octet & String Quintet
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Both versions of the Octet are first rate. The Australian group of Chandos offer a youthful sounding, spring-like account of...
Reviewed in issue 11/1987
Mendelssohn-Henschel Lieder
In 1836 Fanny Mendelssohn, now married to Wilhelm Hensel, wrote that her songs lay 'unheeded and unknown'. Until very recently,...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/2000
Mendelssohn Symphonies
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra | Reinhard Seifried
With busy, resonant sound and a predilection for slower-than-usual tempos, Reinhard Seifried’s Mendelssohn harks back to Schubertian and Beethovenian models...
Reviewed in issue 2/1996
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No 2 MOZART Piano Concerto No 21
Danae Dorken | Lars Vogt | Royal Northern Sinfonia
Lars Vogt here swaps the keyboard for the podium in a disc that showcases his erstwhile pupil Danae Dörken, still...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: AW16
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