Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1-5
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Ashkenazy makes the climax of the Adagio [in the Scottish] dramatically urgent rather than sombrely massive, and conducts perhaps the most ferocious finale on disc, steely trumpets to the fore.... — More…
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11
- Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Recorded: 1994-06-09
- Recording Venue: Schauspielhaus, Berlin
1. Allegro di molto
2. Andante
3. Menuetto (Allegro molto)
4. Allegro con fuoco
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op. 107 'Reformation'
- Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Recorded: 1993-09-21
- Recording Venue: Schauspielhaus, Berlin
1. Andante - Allegro con fuoco
2. Allegro vivace
3. Andante
4. Choral "Ein' Feste Burg ist unser Gott!" (Andante con moto - Allegro vivace - Allegro maestoso - Più animato poco a poco)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 'Lobgesang'
- Juliane Banse (soprano), Vinson Cole (tenor), Sibylla Rubens (soprano)
- Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin
- Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Recorded: 1994-11
- Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin
1. Sinfonia: Maestoso con moto
1. Sinfonia: Allegretto un poco agitato
1. Sinfonia: Adagio religioso
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 'Scottish'
- Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Recorded: 1996-05
- Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin
1. Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato - Assai animato - Andante come prima
2. Vivace non troppo
3. Adagio
4. Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso assai
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 'Italian'
- Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Recorded: 1996-05
- Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin
1. Allegro vivace
2. Andante con moto
3. Menuetto. Con moto grazioso
4. Saltarello. Allegro di molto