Since you are interested in The Mendelssohn Experience (Includes 'Hear My Prayer', Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 & A Midsummer Night's Dream), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: On wings of song Margaret Price (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] "Mesmerising... as is usual, the Hyperion recording is perfectly balanced" - Classic CD |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martha Argerich Live from the Lugano Festival (Brahms & Mendelssohn) Martha Argerich (piano) Lilya Zilberstein (piano) Renaud Capucon (violin) Gautier Capucon (cello) [ EMI Music / CD - released 12/May/2003 ] The legendary pianist doing what she loves most: performing chamber music in intimate surroundings with select musical friends and proteges. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / FRANZ SCHUBERT / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven/Mendelssohn/Schubert: Octets Members of the Melos Ensemble of London [ EMI Classics Double Forte / 2 CD - released 1/May/2006 ] Classic chamber works at a special price |
MENDELSSOHN
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. |
MENDELSSOHN / SCHUMANN / LISZT / MAHLER
Auf Flugeln des Gesangs Claudius Tanski (piano) [ MDG SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] Love, happiness, passion, separation, and reconciliation - the lied genre played an important role in romantic music, and not a few transcriptions of the great virtuosos paid tribute to the song culture of high romanticism and paved its way to... |
MENDELSSOHN
String Quintets Nos 1 & 2 Mendelssohn String Quartet / Robert Mann [ BIS / CD - released 14/Dec/2007 ] Two of Mendelssohn's classic chamber works |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Requiem Mass (Grande Messe des Morts, Op.5 ) Michael Schade, tenor ; Elora Festival Orchestra ; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir / Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir ; Noel Edison, conductor [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 4/Feb/2003 ] "I'm drawn to Maestro Edison and crew because theirs is, first and foremost, a choral performance." - American Record Guide (Philip Greenfield), July-August, 2000 |