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Mendelssohn and Shostakovich Octets
Two of Britain's finest string quartets combine here in a highly enjoyable performance of the Mendelssohn Octet. They find an...
Reviewed in issue 1/1989
Dvorák; Mendelssohn Piano Trios
Far more than is the case with most long-lived ensembles, Menahem Pressler is the Beaux Arts, having presided over the...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 2/2005
Mendelssohn Violin Concertos in E and D minor; (The) Fair Melusina Overture
City of London Sinfonia | Mayumi Seiler | Richard Hickox
Mendelssohn’s everloved E minor Concerto‚ revealing him in full maturity at 35‚ is of course the major offering here. But...
Reviewed in issue 11/2001
Mendelssohn Violin Concertos
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra | Claus Peter Flor | Kyoko Takezawa
Kyoko Takezawa gives exceptionally winning accounts of both the great Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor and the youthful D...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/1995
Mendelssohn Symphony No 2
Mendelssohn's Lobgesang, or ''Song of Praise'', is an odd conception making its bid to pick up the gauntlet thrown down...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1990
London Concertante plays Mendelssohn & Schubert
Chris Grist | London Concertante | Nadia Lasserson | Peter Fisher
The 14-year-old Mendelssohn’s ambitious, extraordinarily inventive Concerto (heard here in its original chamber guise) starts promisingly, but tensions are apt...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 6/1998
Brahms Symphony No 3; Mendelssohn Symphony No 4
Guido Cantelli | Philharmonia Orchestra
Guido Cantelli made his debut with the Philharmonia on September 30, 1951 conducting Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony. Twelve days later, in...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1999
Mendelssohn Orchestral Works
Armin Jordan | Suisse Romande Orchestra
I can't imagine that the Suisse Romande Orchestra have ever played better than they are doing now. In every section...
Reviewed in issue 5/1994
Mendelssohn/Schumann Piano Trios
There is value for money here in that we're given not only Mendelssohn's two piano trios but also Schumann's first...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 3/1992
Mendelssohn String Quartets Nos 3, 4 and 5
Here is a set of brilliant but not dazzling performances of Mendelssohn’s Op 44 Quartets: that is to say, they...
Reviewed in issue 6/2001
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