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Best Of Mendelssohn (Incls 'The Hebrides' Overture & Violin Concerto in E minor: II. Andante) Benjamin Frith (piano) Peter Nagy (piano) Takako Nishizaki (violin) / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Oct/2007 ] Felix Mendelssohn, grandson of the distinguished Jewish thinker Moses Mendelssohn, the additional surname Bartholdy adopted on his conversion to Christianity, was born in Hamburg, the son of a banker. The family moved to Berlin, where Mendelssohn was... |
BRAHMS / LISZT / MENDELSSOHN / SCRIABIN
Moiseiwitsch Vol. 10 (Acoustic Recordings 1916-1925) Benno Moiseiwitsch / Royal Albert Hall Orchestra / Landon Ronald (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] This tenth volume in the Naxos Moiseiwitsch Edition contains all of the discs he made by the acoustic process of composers other than Chopin. Despite the primitive recording process, the engineers captured a fair amount of detail, and with modern... |
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Mendelssohn: String Quintets (Complete) Fine Arts Quartet (with Danilo Rossi, viola) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] "So unfamiliar as this repertoire is, it repays the effort in getting to know it, and one can hardly imagine these works being given a more sympathetic reading." (MusicWeb Recording of the Year 2008) |
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1950s American Recordings, Vol. 2 Andres Segovia (guitar) [ Naxos Historical Segovia Edition Vol 4 / CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] Andrés Segovia, who was self-taught, played his first public recital at the age of 16. He is credited with elevating the guitar to the highest levels of the international concert stage. This fourth release in the Naxos Segovia Edition is the second... |
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Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (Songs Without Words) (arr. F. Hermann for violin and piano) Axel Strauss (violin) / Cord Garben (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] In arranging [the Songs without Words] for violin and piano the Leipzig violinist Friedrich Hermann was able to create a useful addition to the repertoire of his instrument without making any significant changes to the texture and form of the... |
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Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet, Op. 110 / Piano Quartet No. 1 Bartholdy Piano Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Feb/2008 ] "The string players are always fluent and show a light-hearted vivacity in Mendelssohn's scherzo's" - Penguin Guide |
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Mendelssohn: Concertos For Two Pianos Benjamin Frith / Hugh Tinney / Rte Sinfonietta / Proinnsias O Duinn [ NAXOS / CD ] "To the great credit of Benjamin Frith and Hugh Tinney that without score in hand, you would be hard pressed to guess who was playing what. In short, a not-to-be-missed opportunity to explore the precocious young Mendelssohn at super-bargain... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Bronislaw Huberman - Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words / Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47, Kreutzer etc (Rec 1930-1931) Bronislaw Huberman (violin) Ignaz Friedman (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 7/Jul/2004 ] Ignaz Friedman was born, as was Josef Hofmann, in Podgorze, a suburb of the Polish city of Krakow, in 1882. |
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No.2 'Lobgesang' Majella Cullagh, Mary Nelson, Adrian Thompson / NSO of Ireland / RTe Phil Choir / Reinhard Seifrie [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2001 ] "This new budget-priced disc might introduce many listeners to a marvelous piece of music; it is a very good performance." American Record Guide |
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Mendelssohn: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 Gould Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "Sweeping energy and well-shaped long melodic lines make both these performances gripping and rewarding" BBC Music Magazine |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Mendelssohn/Schumann: Piano Trios (rec 1927-1928) Jacques Thibaud / Pablo Casals / Alfred Cortot [ Naxos Historical Great Chamber Recordings / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] Cortot, an unashamedly romantic pianist who was perhaps the finest exponent of Chopin, Schumann and Franck in his time, was born at Nyon, Switzerland, on 26th September 1877 of a French father and a Swiss mother. |
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Flute Concerto in D minor / Flute Sonatas Marc Grauwels (Flute) / Wallonie Royal Chamber Orchestra / Jean-Francois Chamberlan (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2006 ] The present release includes transcriptions for flute by Marc Grauwels of early compositions by Felix Mendelssohn, a violin concerto and two sonatas for violin and piano, a new adaptation that is closer to the original version. |
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Mendelssohn: Choral Music St Albans Abbey Girl's Choir, Lay Clerks of St Albams Cathedral Choir [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Nov/2012 ] "Best of all is the wonderful sonority of the eight-voice a cappella bookends, the Six Anthems and the setting of Psalm 43, Richte mich, Gott. And Winpenny's organ solo is of a comparable splendour." (Gramophone) |