SACD, Mendelssohn, Fanny (composer)
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61
RecommendedBudapest Festival Orchestra & Pro Musica (women's choir), Iván Fischer
Fischer is alive to the magical atmosphere of Felix Mendelssohn’s score and nowhere more keenly than at the start of the overture, where the four wind chords are extended beyond their usual... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Special offer. Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: Works for Cello and Piano
RecommendedJohannes Moser (cello), Alasdair Beatson (piano)
Johannes Moser and Alasdair Beatson offer fine, full-blooded performances of all this repertoire. Beatson uses an Érard piano from 1837…allowing for maximum clarity and lightness in rapid passagework,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Special offer. Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: Choral Works
Julia Doyle (soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Ashley Riches (baritone), Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players, David Temple
Temple really has the measure of this highoctane music, his approach confident yet persuasive, refined yet incisive. The chorus convey perfectly the textual inflections, with authentic German... —
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Mendelssohn, Fanny: Italian Journey
Dörthe Maria Sandmann (soprano), Ulrike Bartsch (alto), Philip Mayers (piano)
Ensemble Vokalzeit
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Speidel, a professor in Karlsruhe, presents attentive and studious accounts that can at times feel a little bit over-cautious...However, the repertoire is so valuable that she deserves a big... —
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Duette - Two Sopranos & Hammerflugel
Judith Erb (soprano), Felicitas Erb (soprano) & Doriana Tchakarova (fortepiano)
