Mendelssohn Felix
Mendelssohn, Rabl & Fibich: Piano Trios (Supraphon)
Of particular interest for the relative rarities, and a good Mendelssohn as well [DJB]
Mendelssohn: Sacred Works Vol 1 (Naxos)
If this first volume’s small treasures are a sign of what’s to come from Naxos’ complete Mendelssohn Choral Music cycle, we may eagerly await the remainder [SGa]
Gertrude Meller (piano): British Homochord Piano Solo Recordings (Sakuraphon)
Pianist rescued in brilliant fashion from undeserved obscurity [RCh]
Mendelssohn: Three Great Overtures
by Alan George
Dvořák, Mendelssohn & E Hartmann: Wind Serenades (MDG)
(Déjà Review) A programme of thoroughly enjoyable music [JS]
Arnold Rosé (violin): Concerto and Solo Recordings (Biddulph)
The brio and panache, and occasional limitations, of a great violinist (and Mahler’s brother-in-law) [JW]
Felix Mendelssohn: Organ Sonatas (First Hand Records)
Offers pretty much all you could ask for from these works [DC]
Jorge Bolet – The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals (First Hand Records)
Bolet heard in a rare surviving example of live recitals – occasionally fallible but far more energising than in the studio [JW]
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 ‘Lobgesang’ (BIS)
Smaller forces from Suzuki, but all the drive, passion and enthusiasm you could hope for [SGa]
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]
