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Brahms and Mendelssohn Violin Concertos
Ivor Bolton | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Xue Wei
Duration isn't everything, I realize, but congratulations must go to ASV for providing such a well-filled disc, and for finding...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 4/1991
Mendelssohn Symphonies, etc
Arturo Toscanini | NBC Symphony Orchestra
Toscanini was clearly very much in tune with Mendelssohn's music, but as in the case of other composers he tended...
Reviewed in issue 6/1992
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream
Gone are the days when Mendelssohn was patronized as a benignly smiling by-product of early romanticism, best served by his...
Reviewed in issue 4/1995
Mendelssohn Piano Works
Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Murray Perahia | Neville Marriner
CBS's engineering for Murray Perahia's Mendelssohn concertos has come in for adverse criticism; but now they have added the gems...
Reviewed in issue 11/1987
Dvorák & Mendelssohn String Quartets
Another American? Yes, but this is rather a good one. There's plenty of freshness, poise and feeling for the dance...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 4/1990
TCHAIKOVSKY; MENDELSSOHN Violin Concertos
Daniel Harding | Ray Chen | Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ray Chen, Gramophone’s One to Watch in February 2011, played these concertos at the Menuhin Competition in 2008 (Mendelssohn) and...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 06/2012
Mendelssohn Orchestral Works
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Yoel Levi
The best features of this disc are some of the shorter Midsummer Night's Dream numbers. The ''Scherzo'' has a pleasant,...
Reviewed in issue 5/1993
Mendelssohn Works for Piano & Orchestra
It's quite a while since we've had Mendelssohn's piano concertos in the catalogue from a British pianist. Now, by strange...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1994
Mendelssohn Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2
Aldo Ceccato | John Ogdon | London Symphony Orchestra
Aldo Ceccato is not the most inspiring of partners for John Ogdon. Even the excellent playing of the Philharmonia cannot...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 11/2003
Mendelssohn Hochzeit des Camacho
Towards the end of his review of the earlier recording, under Bernhard Klee, JW remarked that the opera was ''unlikely...
Reviewed in issue 12/1993
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