All Mendelssohn articles
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ReviewTakács Quartet: Mendelssohn, Fanny Mendelssohn
Illuminating the context of love and grief within the Mendelssohns’ lives
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Augustin Dumay: Mendelssohn
Exquisite Mendelssohn still sounds fresh and joyous in familiar hands
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Minguet Quartet: Mendelssohn
Composer’s youthful works receive precise and unmannered performances
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Live-streamed concert review: James Ehnes (violin) Minnesota Orchestra/Juraj Valčuha
Bruce Hodges gives his views on the performance at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, on 5 March 2021
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Live-streamed concert review: Jupiter Quartet
Dennis Rooney listens to four short performances from the University of Illinois’s Krannert Center on 5, 12, 19 and 26 February 2021
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Daniel Hope, Kay Stern, Dawn Harms, Sean Mori: Violins of Hope
Daniel Hope, Kay Stern, Dawn Harms, Sean Mori: Violins of Hope The Strad Issue : April 2021 Description : Intense musical drama, expressiveness – and hope – from a harrowing Holocaust history Musicians : Daniel Hope, Kay Stern, Dawn Harms, Sean Mori (violins) Patricia ...
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Yo-Yo Ma: Songs of Comfort and Hope
Gorgeously played album of serene favourites from a masterful duo
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Gautier Capuçon: Emotions
A collection of popular encores that strikes exactly the right note
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Concert review: Catalyst Quartet, Harlem Quartet
Bruce Hodges hears the performance at Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Hall on 30 October 2020
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Zeliha Trio: Shostakovich, Arensky, Mendelssohn
Zeliha Trio: Shostakovich, Arensky, Mendelssohn The Strad Issue : January 2021 Description : Newly formed French trio demonstrates its distinctive drama and beauty Musicians : Zeliha Trio Works : Shostakovich: Piano Trio no.1 in C minor op.8. Arensky: Piano Trio no.1 in D ...
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Viola de Hoog: Mendelssohn
Period-instrument duo shows its prowess in athletic, colourful playing
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Gringolts Quartet, Meta4: Mendelssohn, Enescu
Compelling performances and glorious sonority from two ensembles
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Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson: Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn
An exhilarating programme of works for cello and piano captures these composer siblings’ high spirits
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Pavel Šporcl: Mendelssohn violin concerto
In this video, Pavel Šporcl performs Mendelssohn’s E minor Violin Concerto with the English Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Woods in concert at Cadogan Hall, London, on 9 June this year. Šporcl has sold more than 230,000 CDs in his career, with his latest recording, ‘Christmas On The Blue ...
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Doric Quartet: Mendelssohn String Quartets vol.1
Structured readings that also capture the intense emotions of the music
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Masterclass: Mendelssohn Variations Op 17
British cellist Guy Johnston talks about dialogue, contrast and sense of line in the German composer’s Classical–Romantic work
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Ragazze Quartet: Spiegel: Works by Mendelssohn and Beethoven
MENDELSSOHN String Quartet no.2 in A minor op.13; BEETHOVEN String Quartet no.15 in A minor op.132
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11-year-old Leia Zhu performs early Mendelssohn concerto
In this video, violinist Leia Zhu, born in the UK in October 2006, performs the Mendelssohn’s early D minor Violin Concerto with the Kazan Chamber Orchestra ‘La Primavera’ conducted by Rustem Abyazov. The concert took place on 14 March 2018.
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Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam: Mendelssohn works for cello and piano
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: January 2018 Description: Strong, supple and virtuosic accounts of Mendelssohn Musicians: Christian Poltéra (cello) Ronald Brautigam (piano) Works: MENDELSSOHN Cello Sonatas: no.1 in B flat major op.45 and no.2 in D major op.58; ...
