Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 'Scottish'
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Orchestral » Symphonies
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This new release of Mendelssohn’s complete symphonies confirms the symbiotic relationship Järvi has forged with the orchestra, and is jam-packed with exciting, at times electrifying, music-making...Many... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2024, Orchestral Choice
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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
SACD + Blu-ray Audio
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Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1-5
RecommendedChamber Orchestra of Europe, RIAS Kammerchor, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Nézet-Séguin and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE) evoke the effervescent, restless, driven essence of Mendelssohn, often almost to perfection. The scherzo of the Scottish Symphony with... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2017, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, 24th June 2017, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Building a Library, June 2019, Also Recommended
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This is a performance con amore. Yet Maag never short-changes the symphony's drama and rugged power…The LSO's magnificent horn battalion - four instruments sounding like 16 - out-brays virtually... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 'Scottish' & 4 'Italian'
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
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Ashkenazy makes the climax of the Adagio [in the Scottish] dramatically urgent rather than sombrely massive, and conducts perhaps the most ferocious finale on disc, steely trumpets to the fore.... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2008, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2009, First Choice
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Gardner conducts these pieces with a highly satisfying blend of freedom and discipline. In some of Mendelssohn's more lyrical moments...you need a metronome to judge his rhythmic flexibility,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2014, Orchestral Choice
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Not only does Litton turn...limitations into values (stiffness becomes strength, academicism becomes technical wizadry and a source of delight), he incorporates them into an overall view of... — More…
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Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1-5
Kammerakademie Potsdam, NDR Chor, Pavol Breslik (tenor), Maria Bengtsson (soprano), Johanna Winkel (soprano)
Antonello Manacorda
Execution is more than capable, with no scrambling in the whirling Allegros of the “Scottish” and “Italian” Symphonies. In the Saltarello finale of the “Italian” one notices how eagerly the... — More…
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