Mendelssohn Works for Piano & Orchestra
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Composer or Director: Felix Mendelssohn
Label: Classics
Magazine Review Date: 12/1991
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: CIMPC953

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Anton Kuerti, Piano Felix Mendelssohn, Composer London Philharmonic Orchestra Paul Freeman, Conductor |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Anton Kuerti, Piano Felix Mendelssohn, Composer London Philharmonic Orchestra Paul Freeman, Conductor |
Capriccio brillant |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Anton Kuerti, Piano Felix Mendelssohn, Composer London Philharmonic Orchestra Paul Freeman, Conductor |
Composer or Director: Felix Mendelssohn
Label: Classics
Magazine Review Date: 12/1991
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 53
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: PCD953

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Anton Kuerti, Piano Felix Mendelssohn, Composer London Philharmonic Orchestra Paul Freeman, Conductor |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Anton Kuerti, Piano Felix Mendelssohn, Composer London Philharmonic Orchestra Paul Freeman, Conductor |
Capriccio brillant |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Anton Kuerti, Piano Felix Mendelssohn, Composer London Philharmonic Orchestra Paul Freeman, Conductor |
Author: Joan Chissell
Though balance is far more satisfactory in the Capriccio brillant (excellently despatched in all three versions), it is the Columbia Symphony under Ormandy that I feel does fullest justice to Mendelssohn's scoring throughout and which also enjoys the richest and most natural-sounding reproduction. So at mid-price the Serkin disc has to remain my first recommendation—that is if you want the Capriccio brillant thrown in for good measure. But for the G minor and D minor Concertos on their own I can of course never forget Perahia and Schiff (CBS and Decca respectively), for me in that order, even though the latter's disc is the better recorded.'
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