MENDELSSOHN Piano Trios

Gould Piano Trio

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

BEETHOVEN; MENDELSSOHN String Quartets

Sacconi Quartet

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 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 Symphonies (Järvi)

Chen Reiss | Katharina Konradi | Marie Henriette Reinhold | Paavo Järvi | Patrick Grahl | Sophia Burgos | Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra

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 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

F&F MENDELSSOHN 'Guess Who?'

Olga Pashchenko

Every so often a pianist comes forward, albeit tentatively, suggesting that we have another listen to Mendelssohn’s Lieder ohne Worte,...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 04/2025

MENDELSSOHN 6 Organ Sonatas

Benjamin Righetti

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

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 String Quintets Nos 1 & 2

The Leipzig Quartet have already abundantly proved their Mendelssohn credentials with a cycle of the quartets. Now, joined by viola...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: AW2013

MENDELSSOHN Piano Works (Doomin Kim)

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