Mendelssohn Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2

Alexander Kniazev | Boris Berezovsky | Dmitri Makhtin

There’s a fine line between a characterful performance and one where the composer’s personality is subsumed by that of the...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 3/2008

Mendelssohn Songs and Duets, Vol. 2

No doubt much thought went into the ordering of this programme; nevertheless I can’t help wondering what course it took....

Reviewed in issue 1/2002

Mendelssohn String Quartets Nos 2 and 4;Four Pieces, Op 81

Sorrel Quartet

A few notable blows have been struck for Mendelssohn in recent years: Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s recordings of the Scottish and Italian...

Reviewed in issue 1/1998

Mendelssohn/Schumann Violin Concertos

Fritz Kreisler | John Barbirolli | Landon Ronald | London Philharmonic Orchestra | New York Philharmonic Orchestra | Yehudi Menuhin

Kreisler recorded the Beethoven, Brahms and Mendelssohn concertos twice electrically, and in the case of the first two works the...

Reviewed in issue 12/1991

Bruch/Mendelssohn Piano Concertos

Katia Labèque | Marielle Labèque | Philharmonia Orchestra | Semyon Bychkov

Bruch's Double Piano Concerto will probably confound your expectations. It starts in an uncompromisingly solemn mood: dark, thick-textured and fugal,...

Reviewed in issue 7/1993

Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream

Heather Harper | Janet Baker | Otto Klemperer | Philharmonia Chorus | Philharmonia Orchestra

In September I welcomed Previn's CD of A Midsummer Night's Dream incidental music (which is absolutely complete) on EMI, rating...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/1987

Beethoven/Schubert/Mendelssohn Chamber Works

Adolf Busch | Busch Qt | Rudolf Serkin

The Busch Quartet's recordings of Beethoven, greatly respected for a couple of generations, are well known; some have only recently...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 1/1995

Beethoven/Mendelssohn/Schumann Works for Viola & Piano

Leslie Howard | Paul Coletti

Though a version of Mendelssohn’s C minor Sonata for viola and piano (from Koch and Keller) is still listed in...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 13/1997

Mendelssohn; Schumann; Wolf Eichendorff Lieder

Imogen Cooper | Wolfgang Holzmair

In this, the duo’s latest CD (actually recorded more than three years ago), they tackle a long and fascinating programme...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/2003

Mendelssohn & Saint-Saëns Violin Concertos

Cho-Liang Lin | Michael Tilson Thomas | Philharmonia Orchestra

This outstanding CBS issue was one of my Critic's Choices last December, and it makes an excellent CD with the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1985