Dvorák; Mendelssohn; Mozart; Wolf Works for String Orchestra

Salzburg Camerata Academica | Sándor Végh

There are three string-playing conductors whose recorded interpretations are guaranteed to deliver some measure of delight: Pablo Casals, Alexander Schneider...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 2/2006

Mendelssohn Midsummer Nights' Dream

Andrew Litton | Edith Wiens | London Philharmonic Choir | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Sarah Walker

A fine new complete version of A Midsummer Night's Dream incidental music that is a genuine bargain. Andrew Litton not...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/1988

Dvorák Te Deum. Mendelssohn Psalm, Op 42

Christoph Genz | Gächinger Kantorei, Stuttgart | Helmuth Rilling | Matthias Görne | Michaela Kaune | Peter Mikulás | Scot Weir | Sibylla Rubens | Stuttgart Bach Collegium | Stuttgart Gächinger Kantorei

Mendelssohn thought highly of his setting of Psalm 42 (‘As the hart panteth after the water brooks’), even declaring to...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/1999

F MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL Complete Songs Vol 3

The third volume of Malcolm Martineau’s Mendelssohn survey turns away from Felix to focus on songs by his sister, Fanny...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 02/2018

Elgar/Mendelssohn Violin Concertos

Adrian Boult | Alfredo Campoli | London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Mendelssohn—a lovely performance which was recorded in May 1958—briefly resurfaced on a budget-priced Pickwick disc in 1991. Now deleted,...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/1994

Mendelssohn Symphony No 3; Schubert Symphony No 8

Petko Dimitrov | Sofia New Symphony Orchestra

The members of the New Symphony Orchestra, drawn from the Sofia Radio Orchestra, are a comparatively young ensemble founded in...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/2003

Brahms/Mendelssohn Sacred Choral Works

Christopher Hughes | King's College Choir, Cambridge | Stephen Cleobury

Music with healing in its touch, no mere complacency in its beneficence, and a technical mastery that fortifies its gentleness...

Reviewed in issue 3/1994

MENDELSSOHN String Quintet No 2 DVORAK Piano Quintet No 2

Aronowitz Ensemble

The Aronowitz Ensemble consists of seven talented young musicians in the ‘useful’ combination of piano and string sextet. They have...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 09/2012

Mendelssohn Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2

Borodin Trio

Readers who care to look up reviews of the comparative versions listed will find a general tone of muted enthusiasm...

Reviewed in issue 2/1986

Mendelssohn/Shostakovich Symphonies

Georg Solti | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Any disadvantage over the oddity of coupling can be turned on its head: with Solti directing fresh and sympathetic performances...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1994