Concertos, Mendelssohn (composer)
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Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts Mendelssohn & Schumann
RecommendedMaria João Pires (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
[Pires] has the enviable ability to make everything sound fresh but natural, and her tone is enchanting...The definition on [the Blu-ray] is superb and the camera work actually helps the viewer... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th October 2014
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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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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Lisiecki sparkles and shines…The chamber-like sonorities and intricate interplay – surely the result of this being a conductor-less ensemble – are an endless delight…The small forces also ensure... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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Special offer. Mendelssohn
RecommendedIsata Kanneh-Mason (piano), London Mozart Players, Jonathan Bloxham
Kanneh-Mason’s seemingly effortless precision of articulation, even at breakneck speed, is nothing short of awe-inspiring. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th August 2024
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New. The Romantic Piano Concerto (1991 - 2007 Edition)
Featuring pianists including Stephen Hough, Seta Tanyel, Piers Lane, Nikolai Demidenko, Martin Roscoe, Howard Shelley, Peter Donohoe, Marc-André Hamelin and Steven Osborne
Is this handsomely produced box-set worth acquiring? As a work of art alone, yes! If you have not encountered these works before, do not hesitate. Dip in anywhere and you will be rewarded. Assuming... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2026, Editor's Choice
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50 CDs
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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In Time - Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto & Octet
Chouchane Siranossian (violin)
Anima Eterna Brugge, Jakob Lehman
Like Isabelle Faust last year, Siranossian follows performance-markings by early interpreters Ferdinand David and Joseph Joachim (with all the liberal portamento and use of open strings that... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2018
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Winner - Assorted Programs
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New. Toscha Seidel American Columbia Recordings (1921-27)
Toscha Seidel, Harry Kaufman, Francesco Longo, Maurice Eisner, Charles Hackett, Arthur Loesser, Waldemar Lischowsky, Emanuel Bay
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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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New. Live At the Queen Elisabeth Competition
Nikola Meeuwsen (piano), Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Vahan Mardirossian
