Mendelssohn reviews

Salisbury Meditation

John Challenger (organ) (AJM)

Villa-Lobos: Choral Transcriptions

São Paulo Symphony Choir/Valentina Peleggi (Naxos)

Violins of Hope

Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Daniel Hope (violin), et al (Pentatone)

Thalberg: L'art du chant appliqué au piano, etc

Paul Wee (piano) (BIS)

Felix Mendelssohn: Cello Sonatas Nos 1 & 2, etc

Viola de Hoog (cello), Mikayel Balyan (piano), et al (VIVAT)

Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos; Rondo brillant; Capriccio brillant; Serenade und Allegro giojoso

Ronald Brautigam; Die Kölner Akademie/Michael Alexander Willens (BIS)

Selige Stunde

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano) (Sony Classical)

Double (Stamitz, Telemann, et al)

Paul Meyer, Michel Portal (clarinet); Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia (Alpha Classics)

The Leipzig Circle, Vol. 2

London Bridge Trio (SOMM)

The Organ of St Bavo, Haarlem

Joseph Nolan (Signum Records)

Mendelssohn • Tchaikovsky

Lucerne Festival Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly (Accentus Music; DVD)

Mendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 6

Tippett Quartet (Somm)

Sir Thomas Beecham: Works by Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn et al

Alexander Young; Beecham Choral Society; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Thomas Beecham (ICA)

Intermezzo: Works by Schumann, Reimann & Mendelssohn

Anna Lucia Richter; Schumann Quartet (Berlin Classics)

Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Overture; Incidental Music; Fanny Mendelssohn: May Night, Distance, Gondola Song

Anna Lucia Richter, Barbara Kozelj; Pro Musica, Nyiregyháza; Budapest Festival Orchestra/Iván Fischer (Channel Classics)

Mendelssohn & Widmann:  Hebrides Overture;  Symphony No. 3 ; 180 beats per minute; Fantasie

Irish Chamber Orchestra/Jörg Widmann (Orfeo)

Nightingale: A Tribute to Jenny Lind

Elin Rombo (soprano); Västerås Sinfonietta/Simon Crawford-Phillips (db Productions)

The Lyrical Clarinet, Vol. 3 (Michael Collins)

Michael Collins (clarinet), Michael McHale (piano) (Chandos)

Berg: Violin Concerto; Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3; Schleiermacher: Relief for Orchestra

Baiba Skride; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Andris Nelsons (Accentus Music; DVD)

Resilience: works by Golijov, Mendelssohn, Janáček & Prokofiev

Calidore Quartet (Signum Classics)

Mendelssohn • Britten: Violin Concertos

Sebastian Bohren; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Litton (Sony)

Auf Flügeln Des Gesanges: Romantic Songs and Transcriptions

Christoph Prégardien & Cyprien Katsaris (Challenge Classics)

Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 1

Doric String Quartet (Chandos)