Mendelssohn Felix
Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 and 4 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Exuberant, big-boned, Romantic readings, far from the light classicality of other interpreters [RMo]
Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: Complete String Quartets (cpo)
An unusually comprehensive and rewarding set of Mendelssohn string quartets [SB]
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.2 (BIS)
Much to admire in this performance of ‘Lobgesang’ [JQ]
The Minneapolis Concerts in the 1950s: Newly Discovered Recordings (Antal Doráti Society)
Doráti and the Minneapolis in live concerts with variable music-making but some energising rarities included [JW]
Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano): A Poet’s Love (BIS)
A very interesting performance of some well-known and some less well-known settings of Heine poems [DJa]
Felix Mendelssohn: Songs & Duets Vol 5 (Hyperion)
A superb set – beautiful songs, exquisitely sung and well-communicated [EML]
Toscha Seidel (violin): American Columbia Recordings (Biddulph)
A disc that straddles the acoustic/electric divide and showcases the glorious art of violinist Toscha Seidel [JW]
Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets (cpo)
Impressive Mendelssohn, and more so than you might expect [DC]
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
by Alan George
Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos (Solo Musica)
A fine young artist, but no revelations here [SFV]
Pierre Monteux in Boston (West Hill Archives)
(Déjà Review) Authoritative, finely played, well recorded and transferred [JW]
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor): The Complete Teldec Recordings (Warner Classics)
Consistently thought-provoking [DF]
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 ‘Lobgesang’ (BIS)
Suzuki finds Lobgesang as hard a nut to crack as those who have tried before him [DJB]
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet (Onyx)
Flawless, perfect, profound; James Ehnes scores another home run with this incomparable performance [KS]
Mendelssohn & Enescu: Octets (Erato)
Two highly contrasting Octets in superb performances [JQ]
Mendelssohn & Bruch: Violin Concertos (BIS)
Two frequently coupled Romantic violin concertos alongside a real discovery [WH]
Sir Adrian Boult: Complete Warner Stereo Recordings (Warner Classics)
79 CDs of Warner’s Boult stereo legacy offering the known and the overlooked alike [JW]
Mendelssohn & Bach: Magnificats (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A very interesting combination of Bach’s Magnificat and a little-known setting by Mendelssohn [JV]
Brahms & Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos (Pristine Audio)
Brilliant, driven performances which hardly show their age in Pristine’s remastering [RMo]
Felix Mendelssohn & Dvořák: String Quartets (Genuin)
“Promising, but doesn’t quite meet expectations.” [SV]
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opus Arte)
Get a Blu-ray player and buy this [JWn]
Mendelssohn: Overtures (Deutsche Grammophon)
A generously filled recording which has deservedly become a classic [RMo]
Rudolph Ganz: Complete St. Louis Symphony Recordings (Pristine Audio)
Forgettable conducting, but superb piano playing [RMas]
Mendelssohn: Organ Sonatas (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) One of the most important issues of this anniversary year [JS]
