Mendelssohn: Hebrides/ Piano Concerto etc. Orchestral & Concertos Piano Intro

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FELIX MENDELSSOHN

(1809-1847)

The Hebrides, Op. 26

10:19

Overture

Allegro moderato - Animato

Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Conductor: Sir Alexander Gibson

Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

20:25

Molto allegro con fuoco -

7:31

Andante

6:39

III

Presto - Molto allegro e vivace - Tempo I

6:11

Orchestra: London Mozart Players

Conductor: Howard Shelley conductor/soloist†

Wedding March

4:57

from incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61

Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Charles Groves

Capriccio brillant, Op. 22

11:28

Andante - Allegro con fuoco

Orchestra: London Mozart Players

Solo: Howard Shelley conductor/soloist

Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 'Italian'

Allegro vivace

10:36

Andante con moto

6:50

III

Con moto moderato

6:28

10.

Saltarello. Presto

5:47

Orchestra: The Philharmonia

Conductor: Walter Weller

Total time: 76:51

This is marvellous playing in every respect: fresh, sparkling and dashing in the fast movements, poetic and touching in the slower ones. He despatches the Capriccio brilliant with similar aplomb, and the recording balance is admirably judged, with rich, truthful recorded sound

The Penguin Complete Guide

Mendelssohn’s First Piano Concerto is an entirely delightful and comparatively well-kept secret, conceived in the composer’s head during the journey which led to the writing of the Italian Symphony, and bubbling over with much of that work’s melodic exuberance.

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