Concertos, Violin Concertos, Mendelssohn (composer)
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Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Vladimir Jurowski
what was the thinking behind teaming together a soloist who uses vibrato, albeit tastefully, and a string band who don't? Not that I necessarily object to the result...Ibragimova's sensitive... —
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James Ehnes plays Mendelssohn
RecommendedJames Ehnes (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Seattle Chamber Music Octet, Vladimir Ashkenazy
The Octet has rarely sounded more symphonic as Ehnes and his Seattle friends demonstrate all the energy and wit of chamber playing at its most dazzling. Ehnes gives an elegant, refined account... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2011, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, October 2021, Recommended Recording
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Mendelssohn & Bruch: Violin Concertos
RecommendedKyung Wha Chung (violin)
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, Rudolf Kempe
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 5
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
Faust is the Wise Child of the violin world, combining the innocent exuberance of a prodigy with a commanding intellectual depth that carries all before it…If the Reformation is harder to love... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th August 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Mendelssohn & Bruch: Violin Concertos
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Johan Dalene (soloist), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Choir, Malin Broman, Gemma New, Kaspars Putniņš
Dalene has emerged as one of the most exciting young violinists of recent years, and this album of concerto standards is anything but ordinary. His Mendelssohn may be lightning-quick, but has... —
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Mendelssohn & Bruch: Romantic Violin Concertos
Mikhail Pochekin (violin), Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Sebastian Tewinkel
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Special offer. Mendelssohn, Brahms, Dvořák & Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Collection
Joseph Swensen (violin & conductor)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
There’s an impressive level of excellence throughout, though Swensen is adaptable to moods between and within concertos…I love his natural way with slow movements, especially Mendelssohn’s and... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, Orchestral Choice
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Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 4
Jennifer Pike (violin), Rhian Lois (soprano I), Keri Fuge (soprano II)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Youth Chorus, Edward Gardner
Pike does nothing here to inflame those of an orthodox persuasion and, with her sweet, singing tone and graceful phrasing, walks in the footsteps of many illustrious predecessors…the orchestra,... —
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Mendelssohn’s prodigious talent is brought to sparkling life in an album of works composed before he hit puberty. There’s nothing childish in his sophisticated mimicry of the languages of Bach... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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