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Mendelssohn Edition 2 - String Symphonies and Concertos

2564 69270-9 (4 discs)

DDD
REISSUE/COMPILATION

Playing time: 67'49" / 72'32" / 66'33" / 71'32" - TT 278' 26"
Tracks: 16+15+9+6
Booklet pages: 20
© 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998 Teldec Classics, 2009 Warner Classics and Jazz
Reviewer: Robert Anderson
Review of Mendelssohn Edition 2 - String Symphonies and Concertos published on 29 February 2012

Listen: Prestissimo (Sinfonia VI) (CD1 track 16, 2:31-3:22)

Andreas Staier, fortepiano (Johann Friz, Vienna, c1825, Edwin Beunk Collection)
Rainer Kussmaul, violin (Antonio Stradivarius, Cremona 1724)

Concerto Köln

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847):
String Symphonies and Concertos

String Symphonies

CD1:

Sinfonia XII in G minor
1 Fuga: Grave - Allegro
2 Andante
3 Allegro molto

Sinfonia I in C
4 Allegro
5 Andante
6 Allegro

Sinfonia VII in D minor
7 Allegro
8 Andante amorevole
9 Menuetto - Trio; Vivace
10 Allegro molto

Sinfonia IV in C minor
11 Grave - Allegro
12 Andante
13 Allegro vivace

Sinfonia VI in E flat
14 Allegro
15 Menuetto - Trio I - Menuetto da capo - Trio II -
16 Prestissimo

CD2:

Sinfonia XI in F
1 Adagio - Allegro molto - Adagio come prima - Allegro come prima
2 Scherzo: Commodo (Schweizerlied)
3 Adagio
4 Menuetto: Allegro moderato
5 Allegro moderato

Sinfonia III in E minor
6 Allegro di molto
7 Andante
8 Allegro

Sinfonia II in D
9 Allegro
10 Andante
11 Allegro vivace

Sinfonia V in B flat
12 Allegro vivace
13 Andante -
14 Presto

Sinfonia XIII ('Sinfoniesatz') in C minor
15 Allegro molto

CD3:

Sinfonia VIII in D
1 Adagio e grave - Allegro
2 Adagio
3 Menuetto - Trio: Presto
4 Allegro molto

Sinfonia IX in C minor
5 Grave - Allegro
6 Andante
7 Scherzo - Trio: Più lento ('La Suisse')
8 Allegro vivace - Presto - Più stretto

Sinfonia X in B minor
9 Adagio - Allegro - Più presto

CD4

Concertos

Concerto for piano and strings in A minor
1 Allegro
2 Adagio
3 Finale: Allegro ma non troppo

Concerto for violin, piano and strings in D minor
4 Allegro
5 Adagio
6 Allegro molto

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