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MENDELSSOHN Symphony No 5
Edward Gardner | London Symphony Orchestra
Ruy Blas is something out of the ordinary, and not only because of its sleek lines and uncommonly fast tempi...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2015
MENDELSSOHN 6 Organ Sonatas
Mendelssohn’s six organ sonatas do not crop up all that often on the same disc. They tend to come as...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2016
BEETHOVEN; MENDELSSOHN String Quartets
This fifth release on the Sacconi Quartet’s own label comprises two quartets in A minor: Beethoven’s Op 132, and Op...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 10/2016
MENDELSSOHN Piano Trios
For a long time Mendelssohn’s First Piano Trio has been much more popular than its successor but today it seems...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 11/2014
Mendelssohn Octet; Variations concertantes
Ensemble Explorations | Frank Braley | Henschel Qt | Roel Dieltiens | Vogler Qt
It’s easy to love the Mendelssohn Octet, and I found the Ensemble Explorations' account irresistible. True, the recorded sound is...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 7/2005
MENDELSSOHN Symphonies (Järvi)
These days we no longer need be defensive about the Reformation, trashed by Mendelssohn himself, or the symphony-cantata Lobgesang, once...
Reviewed in issue 05/2024
MENDELSSOHN Symphonies Nos 3 & 4
Frans Brüggen | Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
There are some memorable moments here, as well as one or two causes for critical doubt. For me, an obvious...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 09/2013
MENDELSSOHN Piano Works (Doomin Kim)
If you struggle to make some sort of sense of Doomin Kim’s new Warner Classics release of Mendelssohn’s solo piano...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2020
MENDELSSOHN Songs Without Words
Perhaps more than most of Mendelssohn’s output, the Songs Without Words have contributed to the saccharine image that history has...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2014
MENDELSSOHN; F HENSEL Songs Without Words
Matthias Kirschnereit | Michael Endres
Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words may have suffered from their association with the Victorian parlour (just as his oratorios became indelibly...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2015
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