Mendelssohn Felix

An opportunity to savour Cherkassy’s seductive magic [SG]

A delight from start to finish – Carolyn Sampson is on effervescent form [JQ]

Sui generis: a disc that will change the way you hear Mendelssohn [ST]

(Déjà Review) Evocative and beautifully sung [CT]

Forgotten but Restored: the art of a fluent, fleet but nervous Danish pianist and Nielsen specialist [JW]

A boldly dramatic performance which has the feel of a major event about it [MP]

(Déjà Review) Will irritate as many as it will thrill [TH]

A long overdue salute to an overlooked Auer student and a Canadian violinist of technical polish [JW]

A pleasant compilation but better recordings of almost every work here may be found elsewhere [RMo]

Astonishing playing from a giant of the piano world [RCh]

More than justifies the hype surrounding this young violinist [DMD]

The first Bruch/Mendelssohn coupling is restored, with Tchaikovsky to swell the programme [JW]

(Déjà Review) Chiu’s playing is interesting and sensitive … the most obvious choice for a single disc of Mendelssohn’s sonatas [PCW]

A delightful easy-listening programme with a couple of more substantial morsels [GF]

A really promising solo debut album [MC]

Women composers showing themselves more than a match for the men! [DMD]

Klemperer consolidated; his full Warner legacy in best-yet transfers [JW]

(Déjà Review) These performances will leave you marvelling anew at the music itself [CH]

(Déjà Review) A suitably warm and wonderfully detailed recording matches insight, imagination and colouristic sensibility [JW]

The most fun musical history lesson I can imagine [DMD]

(Déjà Review) Much beautiful playing here, polished and musical [PJL]

Tried and tested staples from Milstein’s discography [JW]

Concertos and duos from Szigeti’s peak [JW]

(Déjà Review) A welcome addition to Guild’s Fritz Busch series [BBr]