Browse: Orchestral, String Symphonies, Mendelssohn (composer)

They are astonishingly assured pieces, bursting with youthful energy and full of ingenious counterpoint…the strings of the Munich Radio Orchestra under their long-time leader, Henry Raudales,... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[On the original 4-CD release] Life-enhancing music…. [and] performances to match from a group with brilliance of execution and beautiful even tone as a starting-point for the classical athletic... — Gramophone Magazine More…

Taken overall, these are fine performances and the recording is warm, ambient and very well defined. Recommended — CD Review More…

Don’t let Michi Gaigg’s lovingly turned accounts of Mendelssohn’s youthful experiments pass you by. — MusicWeb International, November 2019 More…

Though the discs are available separately the set as a whole gives one the opportunity to trace the development of a great composer to be during the early part of his journey through adolescence.... — Gramophone Magazine More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 3 out of 5 stars More…