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MENDELSSOHN String Quartets Nos 2, 3 & 6
Four notes – G sharp, A, F natural and E – opening Beethoven’s A minor Quartet, Op 132, must have...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 07/2014
Bruch; Mendelssohn Violin Concertos
Joseph Swensen | Robert McDuffie | Scottish Chamber Orchestra
The young American violinist, Robert McDuffie has a bold, bright style. His partnership with the SCO and Swensen results in...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 8/1999
Mendelssohn Songs without Words etc.
When in 1973 the 22-year-old Daniel Adni first recorded the Songs without Words (as part of a three-LP Mendelssohn recital)...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 9/1996
Mendelssohn Lobgesang
Lobgesang, Mendelssohn's ''Hymn of Praise'', is no longer a rarity on disc, with a dozen versions listed. That makes it...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1994
Mendelssohn String Quartets
The Op. 44 Quartets date from Mendelssohn's all-too-brief maturity, and must surely count among the most attractive in the repertory....
Reviewed in issue 5/1994
Mendelssohn Complete String Symphonies
London Festival Orchestra | Ross Pople
''Mendelssohn—12 years old—promises much''—this prophetic entry made by Beethoven in one of his conversation books is surely vindicated on the...
Reviewed by mjameson in issue: 12/1991
Mendelssohn String Quartets Op 13 & 44
Gone are the days when recordings of Mendelssohn quartets were a rarity. Nearly every month, it seems, brings an addition...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 7/2004
Mendelssohn String Symphonies Nos 2,3,5,11 & 13
With this third record, Concerto Koln complete their cycle of Mendelssohn’s youthful symphonies (the first two volumes were reviewed in...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/1997
Mendelssohn String Quartets , Vol 1
The Henschel Quartet is a strong, well-unified group (three of the four are siblings); its ardent, robust approach suits Mendelssohn,...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 10/2003
Mendelssohn Songs without words
After the many delights of Mendelssohn's two piano concertos from this outstanding young pianist (Decca SXDL7623, 10/83, (CD) 414 672-2DH,...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 5/1988
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