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Building a Library – Mendelssohn

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Quartet No 6 in F minor Op 80

Reviewer: Peter Quantrill
Broadcast: 10th October 2009

First Choice Recommendation:

  • c/w MENDELSSOHN: Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 13; Four Pieces Op 81
  • Elias String Quartet
  • ASV Gold GLD4025 (CD, Budget)

Symphony No. 2 "Lobgesang"

Reviewer: Robert Philip
Broadcast: 20th June 2009

First Choice Recommendation:

  • (c/w MENDELSSOHN: Complete Symphonies)
  • Juliane Banse (soprano), Sibylla Rubens (soprano), Vinson Cole (tenor), Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Deutsches Symphonieorchester, Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
  • Decca 4709462 (3 CDs, Budget)

Octet in E flat major Op. 20

Reviewer: Piers Burton-Page
Broadcast: 9th May 2009

First Choice Recommendation:

  • (c/w MENDELSSOHN: Sextet in D major Op. 110)
  • Chamber Music Ensemble of Lincoln Center
  • Delos DE 3266 (CD)

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