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Great Violin Concertos
Johannes Brahms, Max Bruch, ...
Asv Living Era, 2001
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Infelice
Felix Mendelssohn, Christian Pollack, ...
Amadis, 2001
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Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 3; Octet
Felix Mendelssohn, Guarneri Quartet, ...
Arabesque Recordings, 1998
Energetic, intelligent, exciting
+ Happy, happy music
+ Excellent performances
+ Energetic, intelligent, exciting
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Mendelssohn: Sonata for Piano; Prelude & Fugue; Variations Sérieuses; Rondo Capriccioso
Felix Mendelssohn, Murray Perahia
Sony, 1990
Best Mendelssohn piano CD released
+ Appropriate elegance
+ THE Mendelssohn piano recording
+ Perahia does everything he possible could with these pieces
+ perahia does in once again
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Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos
Felix Mendelssohn, Neville Marriner, ...
Sony, 1990
A Legendary Recording
+ A great Mendelssohn album
+ Very fine readings, but this music needs more help
+ A great CD
+ One of my favorite composers
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "Italian"; A Midsummer Night's Dream
Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Mackerras, ...
Virgin Classics, 2002
Mackerras At His Best
+ A pleasant surprise in period Mendelssohn
+ Gloriously Spacious Sound, Beautiful Playing
I suppose everyone has performer or conductor that they consider under-appreciated. My poor unfortunate is Charles Mackerras. I have dozens of this gent's recordings and every single one is intelligent, beautifully played and at or near the top of their class. He is most famous, I guess, for his ...
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Mendelssohn: Octet; Quartet No. 2
Elizabeth Anderson, Paul Katz, ...
Telarc, 1990
2 times 2 quartets makes 2 octets
Written when he was only 15 years old, Mendelssohn's octet in E-flat Major is one of those pieces you will just shake your head and say "i can't believe that was written by a 15 year old!" How many people can remember what they were doing at 15. Well on this disc we have the fruits of one 15 ...
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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto & Overtures
Felix Mendelssohn, André Previn, ...
EMI Classics, 2001
A nice bargain buy if you have a soft spot for Menuhin
Most older music lovers have a tender spot in their hearts for Yehudi Menuhin, the most humane of violinists, and despite his fragile technique, this is a very musical account of the Mendelssohn concerto. Efrem Krutz doesn't cnduct with the authority of Furtwangler, of course, from Menuhin's famous ...
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3; Hebrides Overture
Felix Mendelssohn, Andras Korodi, ...
Hungaroton Echo, 2001
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Mendelssohn - Elijah / G. Jones, J. Baker, Gedda, Fischer-Dieskau, Frühbeck de Burgos
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Felix Mendelssohn, ...
EMI Classics, 1996
The Best Elijah
+ Very good music
+ one of the great kick-offs
+ The Full Operatic Treatment
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3; Hebrides Overture
Felix Mendelssohn, Andras Korodi, ...
Hungaroton Echo, 2001
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Mendelssohn: Octet; Quartet No. 2
Elizabeth Anderson, Paul Katz, ...
Telarc, 1990
2 times 2 quartets makes 2 octets
Written when he was only 15 years old, Mendelssohn's octet in E-flat Major is one of those pieces you will just shake your head and say "i can't believe that was written by a 15 year old!" How many people can remember what they were doing at 15. Well on this disc we have the fruits of one 15 ...
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Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 3; Octet
Felix Mendelssohn, Guarneri Quartet, ...
Arabesque Recordings, 1998
Energetic, intelligent, exciting
+ Happy, happy music
+ Excellent performances
+ Energetic, intelligent, exciting
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Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos
Felix Mendelssohn, Neville Marriner, ...
Sony, 1990
A Legendary Recording
+ A great Mendelssohn album
+ Very fine readings, but this music needs more help
+ A great CD
+ One of my favorite composers
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Infelice
Felix Mendelssohn, Christian Pollack, ...
Amadis, 2001
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