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Mendelssohn/Schubert Piano Trios
Alfred Cortot | Jacques Thibaud | Pablo Casals
Tully Potter’s discerning introductory note reminds us that it was in Paris‚ in their later twenties‚ that these three legendary...
Reviewed in issue 9/2002
Mendelssohn Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
John Lubbock | St John's Smith Square Orchestra
This is an outstanding bargain LP, coupling two winning performances, spaciously recorded, of works which thrive from not being pressed...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1987
MENDELSSOHN Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings. Octet Op 20
Mendelssohn’s Octet can present a problem of balance should the players not be careful enough about dynamic levels, and if...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 06/2013
Mendelssohn/Dvorák Violin Concertos
Colonne Concerts Orchestra | George Enescu | Paris Conservatoire Orchestra | Yehudi Menuhin
EMI have really put us in their debt in recent months with a number of outstanding historic issues from their...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 2/1988
F MENDELSSOHN Das Jahr (Christina Bjørkøe)
With the (re-)discovery of women composers the hot topic de nos jours, it is quite mystifying that more pianists have...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2023
BRAHMS; MENDELSSOHN; SCHUMANN Clarinet Sonatas
Stark octaves from the piano in the opening bars of Brahms’s First Sonata may not be quite the preparation for...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 07/2012
Mendelssohn String Quartets Nos 3 & 4
Short measure (no first-movement repeats), but a very desirable mix of modern facility – faster movements with resolute attack and...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/1999
Mendelssohn Symphonies Nos 3 & 4
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra | Reinhard Seifried
Though the competition in this favourite coupling is fierce, even in the super-budget category, there is room for a new...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1997
Bruch & Mendelssohn Violin Concertos
Jaime Laredo | Scottish Chamber Orchestra
If you propose to issue a CD of new concerto performances at about two-thirds of the normal price it seems...
Reviewed in issue 1/1987
Bruch and Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos
Gil Shaham, still in his teens, made this his first concerto recording in the summer and autumn of 1988, when...
Reviewed in issue 3/1990
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