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Mendelssohn Edition: Vol.1 | Warner 2564692729

Mendelssohn Edition: Vol.1

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Label: Warner

Cat No: 2564692729

Barcode: 0825646927296

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 4

Release Date: 9th March 2009

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Contents

Artists

Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Edith Wiens (soprano)
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Michael Schonheit (organ)
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Cyprien Katsaris (piano)
Gewandhausorchester
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Berliner Philharmoniker

Conductors

Kurt Masur
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Joseph Keilberth

Works

Mendelssohn, Felix

Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage: Overture, op.27
Capriccio brillant, op.22
Piano Concerto no.1 in G minor, op.25
Piano Concerto no.2 in D minor, op.40
Symphonies 1-5 (complete)
The Fair Melusine Overture, op.32
The Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave', op.26
Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64

Artists

Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Edith Wiens (soprano)
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Michael Schonheit (organ)
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Cyprien Katsaris (piano)
Gewandhausorchester
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Berliner Philharmoniker

Conductors

Kurt Masur
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Joseph Keilberth

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Contents:
CD 1
- Symphonies 1 & 5 “Reformation”
- Overture “Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage”
- Overture “The Hebrides” (Fingal’s Cave)

CD 2
Lobgesang (Symphony No.2)
Barbara Bonney, soprano / Edith Wiens, soprano / Peter schreier, tenor / Michael Schonheit, organ

CD 3
Symphonies 3 “Scottish” & 4 “Italian”
Overture “The Fair Melusine”

CD 4
- Violin Concerto
- Piano Concertos 1 & 2, Capriccio brilliant
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Cyprien Katsaris, piano

Gramophone on the Violin Concerto:
"…exceptional ... there is a freshness and clarity in the Mendelssohn which ideally matches [Vengerov's] playing, at once felt and expressive but clean and direct, with articulation of diamond precision and fine tonal shading ... one is left breathless at the end."

Gramophone on the Piano Concertos:
"Katsaris is at his best. As buoyant as he is taut in rhythm here he seems to co-operate with, instead of competing against, Masur's splendid Gewandhaus orchestra."

Gramophone on Symphonies 3 & 4:
"…superbly 'right' tempos, modern orchestral forces ('classical' trumpets excepted) that permit the type of obviously 'right‘ internal balances that one associates with period performance, and yet have the familiarity of tone that enables us to relate what we hear to an accumulated experience of the classics on modern instruments… Space does not permit itemizing the individual wonders of the COE's playing, and the sound can simply be described as effortlessly natural.

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