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Mendelssohn: Concerto & String Quintet No. 2
Antje Weithaas (violin) & Alexander Lonquich (piano)
Camerata Bern
it's the extra wind (and timpani parts) that make the Quintet's companion on this disc the principal draw - a genuinely valuable first recording - for they are Mendelssohn's own...I like the...
Mendelssohn: Concerto & String Quintet No. 2
Antje Weithaas (violin) & Alexander Lonquich (piano)
Camerata Bern
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it's the extra wind (and timpani parts) that make the Quintet's companion on this disc the principal draw - a genuinely valuable first recording - for they are Mendelssohn's own...I like the...
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This is rather an unusual form as few composers are tempted by a violin and piano partnership adjudicated by the orchestra! On listening to this release you can hear how well this partnership works with the exquisite playing of Anje Weithaas and Alexander Lonquich accompanied by the beautifully balanced Camerata Bern.
Contents and tracklist
Work length35:20
This work is only available as an album download.
I. Allegro
Track length17:52
This track is only available as an album download.
Awards and reviews
Awards Issue 2011
it's the extra wind (and timpani parts) that make the Quintet's companion on this disc the principal draw - a genuinely valuable first recording - for they are Mendelssohn's own...I like the performance a great deal, too: Antje Weithaas's springy turn of phrase and deft portamento, the ideal recorded balance between her and her colleagues, the palpable sense that everyone present is meeting the concerto's Emperor-like scale
