Download, Mendelssohn (composer)
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Mendelssohn’s Variations Concertantes packs a lot of variety into its nine minutes...The players here capture its changing moods, and the plangent song-like quality of the Assai Tranquillo,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Chamber Music Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Chamber
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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A Lionel Tertis Celebration
RecommendedTimothy Ridout (viola), Frank Dupree (piano), James Baillieu (piano)
From imposing sonatas to salon bonbons, these recordings constitute a deft salute not just to Tertis the man and multifaceted musician, but also to an enduring legacy which lives on in distinguished... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th January 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Chamber
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts Mendelssohn & Schumann
RecommendedMaria João Pires (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
[Pires] has the enviable ability to make everything sound fresh but natural, and her tone is enchanting...The definition on [the Blu-ray] is superb and the camera work actually helps the viewer... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th October 2014
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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The Takács Quartet has sustained an admiring following through its changes of personnel down the years, and their exceptional precision of tuning and ensemble, especially at full-tilt Mendelssohnian... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th November 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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Special offer. Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 'Italian'
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Gardiner keeps the LSO on its toes both in the C minor work and the Italian symphony, the winds producing crystal-clear articulation the hair-raisingly fast account of the latter’s concluding... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th September 2016
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
Recommended(sung in English)
Rosemary Joshua (soprano), Jonty Ward (treble), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Robert Murray (tenor) & Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Gabrieli Young Singers' Scheme & Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh
Connolly sings with mellifluous tone and Simon Keenlyside is an Elijah of spirit and intelligence: he may not have the sheer weight of a Bryn Terfel, but he's alive to every shift of meaning... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th August 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2012, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2013, Winner - Oratorio
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61 & Overture, Op. 21
RecommendedCeri-Lyn Cissone (narrator), Alexander Knox (narrator) & Frankie Wakefield (narrator)
London Symphony Orchestra & The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
…much to enjoy here…pinpoint precision of melody-carrying flutes and violins, the sure footed bass and above all a sense that the composer is being taken seriously. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd February 2017
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, Orchestral Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2017, Winner - Musique Symphonique
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Lieder
RecommendedFatma Said (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Joseph Middleton (piano), Huw Montague Rendall (baritone), Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Anneleen Lenaerts (harp), Quatuor Arod
listeners who fear a trudge through long-flattened terrain need not worry. This approach reveals new features in the landscape...Said’s voice is recorded to maximise intimacy of sound. She takes... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th February 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2025, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Mendelssohn Piano Trios
Joshua Bell (violin), Steven Isserlis (cello), Jeremy Denk (piano)
They’re in excellent sympathy, yet each has individual qualities to bring to the musical table. Denk is supremely fiery at the piano. Bell offsets him with wonderfully consistent, bright and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2024, Chamber Choice
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assurance and engagement are fully evident here, and it's not just in the response to the variety of tone and timbre asked for, but in the care over intonation - always a potential problem in... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2015, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, November 2018, Also Recommended
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2015, Winner - Musique de Chambre
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