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MENDELSSOHN, FELIX  

(1809 - 1847)

Felix Mendelssohn, grandson of the distinguished Jewish thinker Moses Mendelssohn, was born in Hamburg, the son of a banker (the additional surname Bartholdy was added to the family name when his parents converted to Christianity). The family moved to Berlin, where Mendelssohn was brought up and able to associate with a cultured circle of family friends. He was associated with the revival of public interest in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and in the early 1830s travelled abroad for his education, spending time in Italy and also visiting England, Wales and Scotland. He was later conductor of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig (where he also established a conservatory), his stay there interrupted briefly by a return to Berlin. He died in Leipzig in 1847. Prolific and precocious, Mendelssohn had many gifts, musically as composer, conductor and pianist. His style of composition combined something of the economy of means of the Classical period with the Romanticism of a later age.

Orchestral Music

Symphonies

Mendelssohn wrote five symphonies, in addition to an attractive series of twelve early symphonies for strings, completed at the age of fourteen. Of the mature symphonies the Italian Symphony, Symphony No.4, completed in 1833 and reflecting the composer’s experiences in Italy during his Grand Tour, is the most popular, closely followed by Symphony No. 3, the Scottish, with its echoes of the Palace of Holyrood in the days of Mary Queen of Scots. Symphony No. 5, the Reformation, written in 1832 to celebrate the third centenary of the Augsburg Confession, is less often heard, as is Symphony No. 2, the choral Lobgesang, written to mark the fourth centenary of the invention of printing in 1840.

Overtures

The concert overtures of Mendelssohn include the 1826 overture A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a work in many ways typical of the composer’s deftness of touch in its evocation of the fairy-world of the play for which he later wrote incidental music. The Hebrides, otherwise known as ‘Fingal’s Cave’, evokes a visit to Scotland and the sight of the sea surging over the Giant’s Causeway. Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt (‘Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage’) is based on a poem by Goethe, a writer who had received the young Mendelssohn at Weimar and prophesied for him a successful career. The overture Ruy Blas, completed in 1839, is based on the play by Victor Hugo.

Concertos

The best known of Mendelssohn’s concertos must be the Violin Concerto in E minor, the third to make use of the solo violin; it was written in 1844 and first performed in Leipzig the following year. Two piano concertos, the first written in 1831 and the second in 1837, are heard less frequently, and there are earlier concertos for violin, for violin and piano, and for two pianos written between 1822 and 1824.

Chamber Music

Mendelssohn wrote his first chamber music at the age of 10. One of the most delightful works is the Octet, for double string quartet, written to celebrate the 23rd birthday of a violinist friend in 1825. Evidence of earlier precocity is heard in the equally fine Sextet for violin, two violas, cello, double bass and piano, written in 1824. The two string quintets and six string quartets may enjoy less general popularity, although they contain many felicities; String Quartet No. 4 in E minor offers a characteristic view of the composer’s command of technique and mood, ranging from the fairy-world of the Scherzo to the passion of the Finale. The two late piano trios, in D minor and C minor, represent the composer at his very best.

Mendelssohn himself was both pianist and violinist. Of his duo sonatas, however, the two cello sonatas and the Variations concertantes for cello and piano, with a late Song without Words for cello and piano, also form an important part of 19th-century cello repertoire.

Piano Music

The 19th century was the age of the piano, a period in which the instrument, newly developed, became an essential item of household furniture and the centre of domestic music-making. Short piano pieces always found a ready market, none more than Mendelssohn’s eight albums of Lieder ohne Worte (‘Songs without Words’) – a novel title that admirably describes the length, quality and intention of these pieces.

Organ Music

In addition to his other gifts, Mendelssohn was also a proficient and brilliant organist, his interest in the instrument stimulated by his enthusiasm for the work of Bach. He won particular admiration in England for his use of the pedals, an element largely neglected in English organ playing of the time.

Stage Works

Mendelssohn’s music for the theatre includes full incidental music for Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, written for the new King of Prussia and first used at Potsdam in 1843, preceded by the overture written in 1826. The music typically captures the enchanted fairy-world of the play. In connection with the King’s attempts to revive Greek tragedy Mendelssohn also wrote incidental music for Antigone and Oedipus at Colonus of Sophocles, as well as for Racine’s Athalie. His attempts at opera, which include Camacho’s Wedding, based on an episode from Don Quixote, have generally not survived in modern repertoire.

Vocal and Choral Music

Mendelssohn wrote a number of works for possible church use, both Protestant and Catholic. Of these the best known must be Hear my prayer – a favourite with boy trebles. The carol Hark! the herald angels sing was adapted by W.H. Cummings from a chorus in a secular cantata. His oratorios Elijah and St. Paul remain traditionally popular with choral societies. In addition to settings of psalms, which include a setting of Psalm 100 Jauchzet den Herrn (‘Praise the Lord’), and sacred and secular cantatas, Mendelssohn wrote a number of songs. These include both choral songs and a larger quantity of solo songs – a pleasing addition to the repertoire of German song and intended for intimate social gatherings rather than the concert hall. Among the most exciting of these is Hexenlied (‘Witches’ Song’), a setting of verse by Hölty which is one of an early set of 12 songs written in 1828. A second dozen, published two years later, includes the contrasting Im Frühling (‘In the Spring’) and Im Herbst (‘In the Autumn’). Mendelssohn wrote his last songs in the year of his death, 1847.


 
Albums featuring this composer are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com
BOYADJIEVA, Lilia: Around the Fugue AR-0033-2 Instrumental
BRUDKAUPSTONLIST (Wedding Song List) 8.557562 Instrumental
CLASSICAL INSPIRATIONS, Vol. 2 8.551236 Orchestral
DISCOVER CHORAL MUSIC 8.558198-99 Choral - Sacred
FAMOUS MARCHES 8.571074 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: Songs Without Words 8.571040 Instrumental
MENDELSSOHN: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 8.571038 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3 / A Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts) 8.571039 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor / BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 8.571037 Concertos
NAXOS SELECTION: Highlights 8.571000 Orchestral
ROMANTIC PIANO FAVOURITES, VOL. 2 8.570083 Instrumental
ROMANTIC PIANO FAVOURITES, VOL. 3 8.570084 Instrumental
Romantic Piano Favourites, Vol. 6 8.570087 Instrumental
Romantic Piano Favourites, Vol. 7 8.570088 Instrumental
ROMANTIC PIANO FAVOURITES, VOL. 9 8.570090 Instrumental
ROMANTIC PIANO FAVOURITES, VOL. 1 8.570082 Instrumental
ROMANTIC PIANO FAVOURITES, VOL. 10 8.570091 Instrumental
ROMANTIC PIANO FAVOURITES, VOL. 8 8.570089 Instrumental
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto / Encores (Milstein) (1949-53) 8.111259 Orchestral
101 CLASSICS - The Best Loved Classical Melodies 8.508004 Instrumental
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 1 8.551141 Orchestral
20 YEARS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC: Naxos Anniversary Collection (Naxos Denmark) 8.570598 Orchestral
21ST CENTURY CINEMA CLASSICS 8.556698 Orchestral
A TO Z OF CLASSICAL MUSIC (The) (2nd Expanded Edition, 2000) 8.555319-20 Orchestral
A TO Z OF CLASSICAL MUSIC (The) (3rd Expanded Edition, 2009) 8.558212-13 Chamber Music
A TO Z OF CONDUCTORS 8.558087-90 Orchestral
ANDANTE - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming 8.556606 Instrumental
ARNIM, A. von: Tolle Invalide auf dem Fort Ratonneau (Der) NHB10752 Instrumental
BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concertos AR-0040-2 Concertos
BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concertos, Vol. 1 (Kreisler) (1926) 8.110909 Concertos, Chamber Music
BEETHOVEN, L.: Violin Sonata No. 9, "Kreutzer" / MENDELSSOHN, F.: Violin Concerto in E minor (Schneiderhan) (1951) 9.80469 Concertos
BEETHOVEN: 'Moonlight' Sonata / CHOPIN: Mazurkas (Friedman) (1923-1926) 8.110684 Instrumental
BERLIN - Musical City C49284 Instrumental, Choral - Secular
BERLIN CASTLES (MUSIC FROM) - GRAUN, J.G. / FREDERICK II / BENDA, F. / QUANTZ, J.J. / AUGUST WILHELM / JANITSCH, J.G. / BACH, C.P.E. C49503 Orchestral, Choral - Secular
BEST OF NAXOS 7 8.550007 Concertos
BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE (THE) - Opera and Ballet Highlights (Blu-ray, NTSC) OABD7000D Ballet DVD
BRAHMS / MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concertos AR-0039-2 Concertos
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto / WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll (Furtwangler, Comm. Recordings 1940-50, Vol. 6) 8.110999 Orchestral
BRIDE'S GUIDE TO WEDDING MUSIC (A) 8.503134 Instrumental
BRIDE'S GUIDE TO WEDDING MUSIC (A) 8.557246-47 Instrumental
Choral Concert - BORTNIANSKY, D. / BACH, J.S. / MOZART, W.A. / SILCHER, F. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / BRUCKNER, A. / SCHUBERT, F. C10816 Choral - Sacred
Choral Concert - BORTNIANSKY, D. / BACH, J.S. / MOZART, W.A. / SILCHER, F. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / BRUCKNER, A. [SACD version] C71007 Choral - Sacred
Choral Music - BORTNIANSKY, D. / SCHUBERT, F. / BRUCKNER, A. / BRUCH, M. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / SILCHER, F. / RHEINBERGER, J.G. C67136-38 Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular
Choral Music - BORTNIANSKY, D. / SCHUBERT, F. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / SILCHER, F. / GRIEG, E. / BRAHMS, J. / ABT, F.W. / BRUCH, M. C51177 Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular
Choral Music (100 Masterpieces) C49565 Choral - Sacred, Choral - Secular
Choral Music (Ave Maria Choruses) - BACH, J.S. / GOUNOD, C.-F. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / SCHUBERT, F. / BRUCKNER, A. / PERGOLESI, G.B. C10769 Choral - Sacred
Choral Music (German) - BOHM, K. / ZOLLNER, C.F. / SCHUBERT, F. / GRIEG, E. / MOZART, W.A. / SILCHER, F. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / LOEWE, C. C10857 Choral - Secular
Choral Music (German) - SCHUMANN, R. / SILCHER, F. / GLUCK, F. / FRANZ, R. / LYRA, J.W. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / FESCA, F.E. / BRAHMS, J. / SCHULZ, J.A. C49302 Vocal
Choral Music (Male Chorus) - SILCHER, F. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / SCHUBERT, F. / BEETHOVEN, L. van / MARSCHNER, H.A. / ZOLLNER, C.F. / GLUCK, F. C10422 Choral - Secular
Choral Music (Sacred) - BACH, J.S. / SCHUBERT, F. / ZELENKA, J.D. / SCHEIN, J.H. / HANDEL, G.F. / SCHUTZ, H. / BRUCKNER, A. / SCHUBERT, F. C49337 Choral - Sacred
Choral Music (Sacred) - HANDEL, G.F. / MOZART, W.A. / HAYDN, F.J. / BEETHOVEN, L. van / BACH, J.S. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / BRUCKNER, A. C49333 Choral - Sacred
Choral Music (Sacred) - SCHUBERT, F. / BRAHMS, J. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / VERDI, G. / MONTEVERDI, C. / BRUCKNER, A. / MOZART, W.A. / GRIEG, E. C49341 Choral - Sacred
CHRISTMAS (THE MYSTERY OF) 8.554179 Choral - Sacred
CHRISTMAS (THE VERY BEST OF) 8.570344-45 Choral - Sacred
CHRISTMAS BOULEVARD C49329 Vocal
Christmas by the Fireside 8.551036-37 Choral - Sacred
CHRISTMAS CHORAL MUSIC C10468 Choral - Sacred
CHRISTMAS CHORAL MUSIC (Tolzer Boys Choir, Schmidt-Gaden) C10491 Choral - Sacred
CHRISTMAS CONCERT (Stille Nacht) C10487 Choral - Sacred
CHRISTMAS FAVORITES (Vienna Boys Choir) C10879 Choral - Sacred
CHRISTMAS FESTIVE CONCERT - BACH, J.S. / HANDEL, G.F. / PRAETORIUS, M. / MANFREDINI, F.O. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / GABRIELI, G. C49310 Choral - Sacred
CHRISTMAS Julstamning - De klassiska melodierna och de alskade sangerna (Christmas Spirit - The Classic Melodies and Beloved Songs) 8.503157 Choral - Sacred
CHRISTMAS SONGS (Tolzer Boys Choir, Schmidt-Gaden) C10877 Choral - Sacred
CHRISTMAS Star Over Bethlehem: Choral Jewels for Christmas 8.555049 Choral - Sacred
CLASSIC ARCHIVE: Great Voices of the Golden Age (NTSC) 3078538 Classical Concert
CLASSIC MASTERWORKS - Felix Mendelssohn C49040 Concertos, Orchestral, Instrumental
CLASSIC MOODS - BEETHOVEN, L. van / BACH, J.S. / CHOPIN, F. / BRAHMS, J. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / SCHUMANN, R. / GRIEG, E. C18402 Instrumental
CLASSIC MOODS - BOCCHERINI, L. / HANDEL, G.F. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / HAYDN, F.J. / FIBICH, Z. / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I. / GRIEG, E. / DVORAK, A. C18405 Chamber Music
CLASSIC MOODS - MENDELSSOHN, Felix / DEBUSSY, C. / SCHUMANN, R. / PUCCINI, G. / BIZET, G. / GRIEG, E. C18408 Orchestral, Chamber Music
CLASSIC MOODS - MOZART, W.A. / SILCHER, F. / SCHUBERT, F. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / HAYDN, F.J. / BRUCKNER, A. / BRAHMS, J. / BRUCH, M. C18406 Choral - Sacred
CLASSIC MOODS - PERGOLESI, G.B. / BACH, J.S. / HANDEL, G.F. / BACH, C.P.E. / MOZART, W.A. / HAYDN, F.J. / DONIZETTI, G. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix C18416 Choral - Sacred
CLASSIC MOODS - PUCCINI, G. / SCHUBERT, F. / WAGNER, R. / RUBINSTEIN, A. / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I. C18404 Instrumental
CLASSIC MOODS - SCHUBERT, F. / BRAHMS, J. / DAVID, F. / BEETHOVEN, L. van / WOLF, H. / MAHLER, G. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / ABY, F.W. / REYER, E. C18412 Orchestral
CLASSIC MOODS - TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I. / DVORAK, A. / GRIEG, E. / DELIBES, L. / BRAHMS, J. / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, N.A. / MAHLER, G. C18407 Orchestral
Classics at the Movies: Thrillers 8.556809 Orchestral
CLASSICS FOR LOVERS 8.570013-14 Concertos
DISCOVER CHAMBER MUSIC 8.558206-07 Chamber Music
DISCOVER THE SYMPHONY (1998 edition) 8.554337-38 Music Education
DISCOVERING MASTERPIECES - MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor (NTSC) 2056038 Classical Documentary
DISCOVERING MASTERPIECES - Romantic Masterpieces (NTSC) 2057358 Classical Documentary
Easy-Listening Piano Classics: Mendelssohn and Field 8.578079-80 Instrumental
ENKELIN AANIN (Angel's Voices) 8.503147 Choral - Sacred
FAMOUS OVERTURES 8.553627 Orchestral
GILELS, Emil: Early Recordings, Vol. 1 (1935-1951) 8.111350 Instrumental
GOEHR, W.: Malpopita [Opera] C60124 Opera
GOETHE AND MUSIC, Vol. 1 - BEETHOVEN, L. van / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / GOUNOD, C.-F. / BERLIOZ, H. / MASSENET, J. / MAHLER, G. / SPOHR, L. / BOITO. A C49270-2 Orchestral
GOETHE AND MUSIC, Vol. 2 - WOLF, H. / SCHUBERT, F. / MOZART, W.A. / BEETHOVEN, L. van / SCHUMANN, R. / BRAHMS. J. / LISZT, F. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix C49271-9 Choral - Secular
GREAT BALLETS OF THE TEATRO ALLA SCALA (NTSC) DVWW-BOXSCALA Ballet DVD
GRILLPARZER, F.: Kloster bei Sendomir (Das) NHB10172 Orchestral
HOFMANN, Josef: Historical Recordings (1916-1923) 8.111326 Instrumental
KLASSISKA FAVORITER, Vol. 2 8.550554 Orchestral
KLAVIER GALA 8.551225-26 Instrumental
LEVITZKI, Mischa: Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 (1924-1928) 8.110688 Instrumental
LISZT, F.: Totentanz / MENDELSSOHN, F.: Capriccio brillant / Rondo brillant (Katin, London Philharmonic, Martinon) (1954) 9.80580 Concertos
Lunga Bla Timmar (Blue Hours) 8.503024 Concertos
LYTTE LAERE OG LEGE - VUGGEVISER (Listen, Learn and Play - Lullabies) 8.570712 Instrumental
Majestic Marches 8.550370 Orchestral
MCCLEERY, D.: Discover Music of the Romantic Era (Unabridged) NA495212 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN / HANDEL / BACH, J.S. / STRAUSS, R.: Songs for counter-tenor and orchestra BIS-CD-949 Vocal
MENDELSSOHN / TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concertos (Francescatti) (1955) 9.80052 Concertos
MENDELSSOHN, F.: Elijah (sung in English) (Delman, Procter, Maran, Krips) (1954) 9.80470-71 Choral - Sacred
MENDELSSOHN, F.: Midsummer Night's Dream (A) (excerpts) / Hebrides / Songs Without Words (Kovacs, I. Fischer, Perenyi, Kocsis, Dubourg) CA15623 Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental
MENDELSSOHN, F.: Midsummer Night's Dream (A) (excerpts) / SCHUBERT, F.: Rosamunde (excerpts) (Beinum) (1952) 9.80555 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN, F.: Midsummer Night's Dream (A) / WAGNER, R.: Opera Overtures (Szell) (1951, 1954) 9.80247 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN, F.: Symphonies Nos. 3, "Scottish" and 4, "Italian" (London Philharmonic Promenade, Boult) (1955) 9.80728 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN, F.: Symphony No. 3 / BARTOK, B.: The Miraculous Mandarin Suite / STRAUSS, R.: Burleske (Dohnanyi) (NTSC) 2072208 Classical Concert
MENDELSSOHN, F.: Symphony No. 3, "Scottish" / Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage) (Kletzki) (1954) 9.80489 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN, F.: Violin Concerto in E minor (De Vito, Sargent) (1951) 9.80535 Concertos
MENDELSSOHN, F.: Violin Concerto in E minor / MOZART, W.A.: Violin Concerto No. 4 (Oistrakh) (1955) 9.80157 Concertos
MENDELSSOHN, F: Midsummer Night's Dream (A) (excerpts) (Kletzki) (1954) 9.80501 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN, Felix / HAYDN, F.J.: Concertos for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra (Csaba, Gothoni) ODE810-2 Concertos
MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Choral Music (Veni Domine) (Dresdner Kreuzchor, Flamig) C10367 Choral - Sacred
MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra BIS-CD-713 Concertos, Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Incidental Music - Antigone, Oedipus at Colonus, Athalie, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Soltesz, Spering, Vonk) C49581 Orchestral, Choral - Secular
MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Magnificat / BACH, J.S.: Magnificat, BWV 243 (Yale Voxtet, Yale Schola Cantorum, Yale Collegium Players, Carrington) 8.572161 Orchestral, Choral - Sacred
MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Midsummer Night's Dream (A) [Incidental Music] C60125 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Overtures (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Marriner) C10708 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Songs without Words, Vol. 1 8.550316 Instrumental
MENDELSSOHN, Felix: String Quartets, Vol. 1 (New Zealand String Quartet) - String Quartets Nos. 1, 4, 6 8.570001 Chamber Music
MENDELSSOHN, Felix: String Quartets, Vol. 2 (New Zealand String Quartet) - String Quartets Nos. 2, 5 / Capriccio / Fugue 8.570002 Chamber Music
MENDELSSOHN, Felix: String Quartets, Vol. 3 (New Zealand String Quartet) - String Quartet No. 3 / String Quartet in E flat major 8.570003 Chamber Music
MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Symphonies - Nos. 9, 10, 12 (Budapest Strings, Botvay) C10588 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 (Bergen Philharmonic, Litton) BIS-SACD-1584 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Symphonies Nos. 3, "Scottish" and 5, "Reformation" (Bergen Philharmonic, Litton) BIS-SACD-1604 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Symphony No. 2, "Lobgesang" (J. Howarth, Larmore, Pregardien, Bergen Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Litton) BIS-SACD-1704 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Symphony No. 4, "Italian" / Infelice / MENDELSSOHN, Fanny: Io d'amor, oh Dio, mi moro (Kwon, Hamburg State Philharmonic, Albrecht) C10449 Orchestral, Vocal
MENDELSSOHN: Lieder ohne Worte (Songs Without Words) (arr. F. Hermann for violin and piano) 8.570213 Chamber Music
MENDELSSOHN: Midsummer Night's Dream (A) (La Scala, 2007) (NTSC) DVWW-BLMID Ballet DVD
MENDELSSOHN: Midsummer Night's Dream (A) (Pacific Northwest Ballet, 1999) (Blu-ray, NTSC) OABD7003D Ballet DVD
MENDELSSOHN: Midsummer Night's Dream (A) (Pacific Northwest Ballet, 1999) (HD-DVD, NTSC) OAHD5003D Ballet DVD
MENDELSSOHN: Midsummer Night's Dream (A) (Pacific Northwest Ballet, 1999) (PAL/NTSC) OA0810D Ballet DVD
MENDELSSOHN: Midsummer Night's Dream (A) / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade (Rodzinski) (1941, 1939) 9.80245 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words, Vol. 2 8.550453 Instrumental
MENDELSSOHN: String Quintets (Complete) 8.570488 Chamber Music
MENDELSSOHN: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 5 (Mitropoulos) (1954) 9.80051 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 / BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Serkin, Szell) (1947, 1952) 9.80246 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concertos BIS-CD-935 Concertos, Orchestral
MIDNIGHT LOUNGE - Chill Out Classics and Meditation C49326 Orchestral, Choral - Secular
MIRACLE OF SUMMER (THE) 8.557998 Instrumental
Music till brollop och andrea festiga tillfallen (Music for Weddings and Other Occasions) 8.555062 Instrumental
MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - LONDON: A Musical Tour of London and Oxford (NTSC) 2.110501 Classical Concert
MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - ROME: A Musical Tour of the City's Past and Present (NTSC) 2.110504 Classical Concert
MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - SCOTLAND: A Musical Tour of the Country's Past and Present (NTSC) 2.110519 Classical Concert
MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - SCOTLAND: Edinburgh, the Highlands, and the Hebrides (NTSC) 2.110529 Classical Concert
MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - SICILY: A Musical Tour of the Island's Past and Present (NTSC) 2.110518 Classical Concert
MusiCare 8.570729 Orchestral
MY FIRST BALLET COLLECTION (NTSC) OA1019D Ballet DVD
NISHIZAKI, Takako: Fritz Kreisler Edition, Vol. 3 8.557869 Chamber Music
NOCTURNE - Late Night Piano Music (Sweden only) 8.557292 Instrumental
O Sole Mio - Classic Love Songs for Violin and Orchestra (Nishizaki, Polish National Radio Symphony, Breiner) 8.223586 Orchestral
Oratorio Arias: Marshall, Lois - HANDEL, G.F. / HAYDN, F.J. / MENDELSSOHN, F. (1957) 9.80620 Vocal
Orchestral Music - BOYCE, W. / PURCELL, H. / MOZART, L. / BEETHOVEN, L. van / HUMMEL, J.N. / ADAM, A. (Sir Neville Marriner Jubilee Edition) C49266-5 Orchestral
ORCHESTRAL SPECTACULAR 8.557860 Orchestral
ORGAN (Eternal) 8.572181 Instrumental
Organ Music - PRAETORIUS, H. / HOFHAIMER, P. / HASSLER, H.L. / GABRIELI, A. / BULL, J. / SCHEIDT, S. / KOTTER, H. / SCHEIDEMANN, H. / BUXTEHUDE, D. C49444 Instrumental
PADEREWSKI, Ignacy Jan: Victor Recordings (selections) (1914-1941) 8.112011 Instrumental
PALSSON, Hans: I Doda Mastares Sallskap, Vol. 5 8.554794 Instrumental
PALSSON, Hans: I Doda Mastares Sallskap, vols. 1-3 8.503023 Instrumental
PANDA CLASSICS - Issue Nos. 1-3 (3CD box set) 8.503204 Instrumental
PIANO (Eternal) 8.572179 Instrumental
Piano Duo Arrangements - BACH, J.S. / SWEELINCK, J.P. / BUXTEHUDE, D. / MOZART, W.A. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / BRAHMS, J. (Staemmler, Thomas) Phoenix134 Instrumental
RACHMANINOV: Piano Transcriptions (Ruei-Bin Chen) 8.225933 Instrumental
ROMANTIC BLISS 8.578050 Concertos
ROMANTIC PIANO FAVOURITES, VOL. 2 8.550053 Instrumental
SAINT-SAENS, C.: Oratorio de Noel / MENDELSSOHN, F.: Vom Himmel Hoch (Flamig) C10216 Choral - Sacred
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 5 / MENDELSSOHN: Octet (Toscanini) (1947, 1953) 9.80284 Chamber Music
SCHUMANN, R.: Symphony No. 4 / MENDELSSOHN, F.: Symphony No. 4, "Italian" (Krips) (1953) 9.80544 Orchestral
SEGOVIA, Andres: 1950s American Recordings, Vol. 2 (Segovia, Vol. 4) 8.111090 Instrumental
SILCHER, F.: Ich ging einmal spazieren / SCHUMANN, R.: Es wollt ein Jagerlein jagen / 5 Gesange aus H. Laubes Jagdbrevier (Arman) C67023 Choral - Secular
SOMMER 8.503045 Orchestral
SORCERER'S APPRENTICE AND OTHER ORCHESTRAL FAVOURITES 8.554066 Orchestral
SPRING PARADE C49364 Instrumental
SUNSET CLASSICS C67107-08 Instrumental
THE ULTIMATE LULLABY COLLECTION 8.570514-15 Orchestral
TONER TILL TROST (Music for Comfort) 8.503158 Choral - Sacred
VIOLIN BLISS 8.578052 Concertos
Vocal Music (Ballads and Songs) - SCHUBERT, F. / WOLF, H. / LOEWE, C. / LOEFFLER, C.M. / MAHLER, G. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / REUTTER, H. / LISZT, F. C67103 Vocal
Vocal Recital: Kowalski, Jochen - / MARTINI, J.-P.-G. / PEREZ-FREIRE, O. / EULENBURG, P. C10324 Vocal
VOCALISE - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming 8.556602 Orchestral
WEBER, C.M. von: Clarinet Quintet in B flat major / Grand Duo Concertant in E flat major / MENDELSSOHN, F.: Concert Pieces (Kriikku) ODE820-2 Chamber Music
WEBER, C.M. von: Freischutz (Der) (excerpts) / MENDELSSOHN, F.: Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts) (Furtwangler, Early Recordings, Vol. 3) (1929-1935) 8.111004 Orchestral
ASHTON, Frederick: Dream (The) (PAL) 100456 Ballet DVD
Christmas Goes Baroque 2 8.550670 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN : The Best Of Mendelssohn 8.551110 Concertos, Orchestral, Instrumental
MENDELSSOHN: Concertos for Two Pianos BIS-CD-688 Concertos
MENDELSSOHN: 6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 / 3 Caprices, Op. 37 8.550939 Instrumental
MENDELSSOHN: 7 Characteristic Pieces, Op. 7 / Fantasia, Op. 28 8.553541 Instrumental
MENDELSSOHN: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Variations Concertantes 8.550655 Chamber Music
MENDELSSOHN: Complete Solo Concertos (The) BIS-CD-966-68 Concertos, Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: Complete String Symphonies (The), Vol. 4 BIS-CD-798 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: Complete String Symphonies Nos. 1-12 BIS-CD-938-40 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings / Violin Concerto in D minor 8.553844 Concertos
MENDELSSOHN: Concertos for Two Pianos in A Flat Major and E Major 8.553416 Concertos
MENDELSSOHN: Flute Concerto in D Minor / Flute Sonatas 8.555698 Concertos, Chamber Music
MENDELSSOHN: Gala Concert from the Gewandhaus, Leipzig (NTSC) 100031 Classical Concert
MENDELSSOHN: Gala Concert from the Gewandhaus, Leipzig (PAL) 100030 Classical Concert
MENDELSSOHN: Midsummer Night's Dream (A) / Overtures 8.554433 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: Midsummer Night's Dream, Opp. 21 and 61 (A) 7195 Orchestral, Vocal
MENDELSSOHN: Organ Sonatas Nos. 1- 6, Op. 65 8.553583 Instrumental
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concertos BIS-CD-718 Concertos
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Capriccio Brillant / Rondo Brillant 8.550681 Concertos
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 and 3 8.550967 Chamber Music
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Sextet, Op. 110 / Piano Quartet No. 1 8.550966 Chamber Music
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 8.555063 Chamber Music
MENDELSSOHN: Sonata in B Flat Major / Fantasies, Op. 16 8.553186 Instrumental
MENDELSSOHN: Sonata in E Major / Variations serieuses / Preludes and Etudes, Op. 104 8.550940 Instrumental
MENDELSSOHN: Sonata in G Minor / Fantasia, Op. 15 / Variations, Op. 83 8.553358 Instrumental
MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words (Selection) 8.554055 Instrumental
MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words, Books 1-4 7112 Instrumental
MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words, Books 5-8 7113 Instrumental
MENDELSSOHN: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 4 / Quartet in E Flat Major 8.550862 Chamber Music
MENDELSSOHN: String Quartets Nos. 2 and 5 / Scherzo Op. 81, No. 2 8.550863 Chamber Music
MENDELSSOHN: String Quartets Nos. 3 and 6 / Capriccio Op. 81, No. 3 8.550861 Chamber Music
MENDELSSOHN: String Quintets Nos. 1 in A major and 2 in B flat major BIS-SACD-1254 Chamber Music
MENDELSSOHN: String Symphonies Nos. 1, 6, 7 and 12 BIS-CD-683 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: String Symphonies Nos. 8 and 11 BIS-CD-748 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: String Symphonies, Vol. 1 8.553161 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: String Symphonies, Vol. 2 8.553162 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: String Symphonies, Vol. 3 8.553163 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: Symphonies No. 3 and 4 8.553200 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5 8.550957 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: Symphonies Nos. 3, "Scottish" and 4, "Italian" 7179 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 2, 'Hymn of Praise' 8.553522 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 / A Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts) 8.550055 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4, "Italian" / A Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts) 7070 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: Works for Violin and Piano (Complete) 8.554725 Chamber Music
MENUHIN PLAYS MENDELSSOHN (NTSC) 2054618 Classical Documentary
BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concertos (Kreisler) (1935-1936) 8.110959 Concertos
BRAHMS / MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concertos 8.554675 Concertos
BRAHMS / MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concertos (Szigeti) (1928, 1933) 8.110948 Concertos
MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH: String Octets 8.557270 Chamber Music
MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH: Violin Concertos 8.550111 Concertos
MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH: Violin Concertos (Menuhin) (1951-1952) 8.110991 Concertos
MENDELSSOHN / SCHUMANN: Trios (Thibaud / Casals / Cortot) (1927-1928) 8.110185 Chamber Music
MENDELSSOHN / SMETANA: Piano Trios BIS-CD-97 Chamber Music
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 2, 'Lobgesang' (NTSC) 2054668 Classical Concert
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 / TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, 'Pathetique' 8.553230 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor / BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 7026 Concertos
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E Minor / TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Major 8.550153 Concertos
MOZART / MENDELSSOHN: Famous Overtures 8.553261 Orchestral
MOZART / MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concertos (Heifetz) (1934-1949) 8.110941 Concertos
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 21 8.223623 Orchestral
BEETHOVEN:Symphony No. 5 / MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Toscanini) (1926, 1929, 1931) 8.110844 Orchestral
CHRISTMAS Merry Christmas / Frohliche Weihnachten / Joyeux Noel 8.550188 Orchestral
GIULIANI: Grand Overture, Op. 61 / LISZT: Liebestraume 7246 Chamber Music, Instrumental
LIVE CONCERT FROM THE CHURCH OF ST. NICOLAI, LEIPZIG (NTSC) 100039 Classical Documentary
LIVE CONCERT FROM THE CHURCH OF ST. NICOLAI, LEIPZIG (PAL) 100038 Classical Documentary
MENDELSSOHN / LISZT / GRIEG: Piano Concertos 8.553267 Concertos
MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / BACH, J.S.: Violin Concertos (Oistrakh, Ormandy) (1955) 8.111246 Concertos
MENDELSSOHN / TCHAIKOVSKY / BRUCH: Violin Concertos (Milstein) (1940-1945) 8.110977 Concertos
MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words (Friedman) (1930-1931) 8.110736 Instrumental
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto / LALO: Symphonie espagnole (Menuhin) (1933, 1938) 8.110967 Concertos
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E Minor / SARASATE / SAINT-SAENS 8.007 Concertos
Romantic Guitar Favourites 8.550296 Instrumental
SCHUMANN, Elizabeth: Brahms / Mendelssohn / Schumann: Lieder (1930-1938) 8.111099 Vocal
CLARINET (THE ART OF THE) 8.557232 Chamber Music
SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / MENDELSSOHN: From Solo till Quartet BIS-CD-77 Instrumental
VARIOUS : Favourite Overtures 8.553263 Orchestral
WEBER / BERLIOZ: Overtures / LISZT: Les Preludes (Mengelberg) (1928-1942) 8.110853 Orchestral
Cello Recital: Hai-ye Ni 8.225941 Chamber Music
Cello Recital: Hai-Ye Ni 8.554356 Chamber Music
CONCERTO COLLECTION (THE) 7202 Concertos
MENDELSSOHN / BACH / SAINT-SAENS / BOELLMANN / LINDBERG / VIERNE: Organ Music BIS-CD-156-57 Instrumental
SPIRITS OF MUSIC - PART 1 (PAL) DV-COSOM1 Classical Concert
SYMPHONIC COLLECTION (THE) 7201 Orchestral
BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / MOZART: Music for French Horn BIS-CD-47 Chamber Music
CHRISTMAS - A Classic Christmas: Songs of Praise 8.555292 Choral - Sacred
HOROWITZ: Virtuoso Transcriptions for Piano BIS-CD-1188 Instrumental
Welte-Mignon Piano Rolls, Vol. 2 (1905-1915) 8.110678 Instrumental
Art & Music: Turner - Music of His Time 8.558116 Music Education
CHAMBER MUSIC AND INSTRUMENTAL COLLECTION 7204 Instrumental
CHRISTMAS CAROLS 8.550589 Choral - Sacred
CLASSICAL PIANO FAVOURITES 7023 Instrumental
GRIEG: Piano Concerto / CHOPIN: Sonata in B Flat Minor (Friedman) (1927-1928) 8.110686 Instrumental
MOISEIWITSCH, Benno: Moiseiwitsch, Vol. 2 (1925-1941) 8.110669 Instrumental
RACHMANINOV: Piano Transcriptions (Complete) 8.220093 Instrumental
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 1 (Australia) 8.570036 Orchestral
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 4 (Australia) 8.570039 Orchestral
ITALIAN FESTIVAL 8.550087 Orchestral
ITALIAN FESTIVAL 8.570054 Orchestral
MENDELSSOHN: Clarinet Sonata BIS-CD-62 Chamber Music
The Art of Takako Nishizaki 8.223996-97 Concertos
CLASSICAL MOMENTS 4: Classical Music for the Home 8.555360 Orchestral
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 3 (Australia) 8.570038 Orchestral
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 7 (Australia) 8.570042 Concertos
GUITAR FAVOURITES 7189 Instrumental
LISTEN, LEARN AND GROW, Vol. 2: Lullabies 8.554790 Instrumental
LOUGH, Ernest: Wings of a Dove (1927-1938) 8.120832 Nostalgia
MENDELSSOHN / RACHMANINOV / LISZT / DEBUSSY: Music for a Rainy Day, Vol. 2 BIS-CD-883 Instrumental
ROMANTIC PIANO FAVOURITES, VOL. 10 8.550219 Instrumental
Ten Years Of Success 8.554103 Concertos
CLASSICAL MOMENTS 5: Classical Music to Dine to 8.555361 Concertos
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 6 (Australia) 8.570041 Orchestral
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 9 (Australia) 8.570044 Orchestral
I Love You Truly 8.990019 Orchestral
JOY TO THE WORLD 8.554905DX Choral - Sacred
NIGHT MUSIC 2 8.556816 Orchestral
CHRISTMAS - Merry Christmas 7151 Orchestral
MAGIC OF SPRING (THE) 8.557785 Instrumental
MASTERPIECES FOR CHOIR BIS-CD-148 Choral - Sacred
NIGHT MUSIC, VOL. 6 8.556820 Instrumental
NOCTURNE 7170 Orchestral
PERFECT AUTUMN WEDDING 8.557978 Instrumental
Romantic Piano Favourites, Vol. 6 8.550215 Instrumental
BAHR, Gunilla von: Music for flute BIS-CD-350 Instrumental
CANDLELIGHT CAROLS BIS-NL-CD-5028 Choral - Sacred
Faire is the Heaven: Hymns and Anthems 8.557037 Choral - Secular
FUR ELISE - BEST OF ROMANTIC PIANO MUSIC 8.550647DX Instrumental
Romantic Piano Favourites, Vol. 7 8.550216 Instrumental
ROMANTIC PIANO FAVOURITES, VOL. 8 8.550217 Instrumental
SONGS FOR SUNSET: Trombone and Piano BIS-CD-808 Instrumental
Songs of Praise 8.553876 Choral - Sacred
WEDDING MUSIC 8.550790 Instrumental
Christmas at Trinity 8.555886 Choral - Sacred
FAVORITE VIOLIN ENCORES AR-0007-2 Chamber Music
HEAR MY PRAYER - Hymns and Anthems 8.557493 Choral - Sacred
NIGHT MUSIC, VOL. 7 8.556821 Instrumental
ROMANTIC PIANO FAVOURITES, VOL. 9 8.550218 Instrumental
ROMANTIC PIANO FAVOURITES, VOL. 1 8.550052 Instrumental
THANKSGIVING - A Classic Thanksgiving: Songs of Praise 8.555294 Orchestral
CASALS, Pablo: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 4: Complete Acoustic Recordings, Part 2 (1916-1920) 8.110986 Chamber Music
MASTERPIECES OF THE ROMANTIC PIANO 8.553252 Instrumental
POWELL, Maud: Complete Recordings, Vol. 4 (1904-1917) 8.110993 Chamber Music
RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI 8.554137DX Instrumental
CASALS, Pablo: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 2 (1927-1930) 8.110976 Chamber Music
LEPAGE-DEAN, Oliver: Evening Hymn (An) - Music for Solo Treble 8.557129 Choral - Sacred
Clarinet Evergreens 8.553427 Instrumental
MELBA, Nellie: Paris and London Recordings (1908-1913) 8.110743 Vocal
MOISEIWITSCH, Benno: Acoustic Recordings 1916-1925 (Moiseiwitsch, Vol. 10) 8.111116 Concertos
ROMANTIC PIANO FAVOURITES, VOL. 5 8.550168 Instrumental
GREATS of the GRAMOPHONE, Vol. 1 8.120569 Nostalgia
NAXOS BOOK OF CAROLS (THE) 8.557330 Choral - Sacred
ROMANTIC PIANO FAVOURITES, VOL. 3 8.550107 Instrumental
PIANO MUSIC FOR STUDENTS - Associated Board Piano Examination, Grade 8 (1994) AB-80801/2 Instrumental
POWELL, Maud: Complete Recordings, Vol. 3 (1904-1917) 8.110963 Concertos
CASALS, Pablo: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 5: Complete Acoustic Recordings, Part 3 (1920-1924) 8.110987 Instrumental
EIDE, Leo: Whistling Virtuoso BIS-NL-CD-5001 Instrumental
PIANO MUSIC FOR STUDENTS - Associated Board Piano Examination, Grade 8 (1995) AB-80803/4 Instrumental
WOMEN AT THE PIANO - AN ANTHOLOGY OF HISTORIC PERFORMANCES, Vol. 3 (1928-1954) 8.111217 Instrumental
Discover Music of the Romantic Era 8.558155-56 Music Education
OLD SWEDISH ORGANS BIS-CD-123-25 Instrumental
Classical Music Start-Up Kit, Vol. 2: 1825-1945 8.550835 Music Education
CHILDREN'S CELLO BIS-CD-1562 Chamber Music




 
 
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