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Mendelssohn: String Quintets, Opp. 87 & 18 / Leipsig Quartet, Barbara Buntrock, viola

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-05-21

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Quintet for Strings no 2 in B flat major, Op. 87; Quintet for Strings no 1 in A major, Op. 18
Performers: Buntrock, Barbara [Viola]
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Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

When the Leipzig String Quartet takes on Mendelssohn's string quintets, the atmosphere is electrifying. Mendelssohn's late quintet shows that this composer at was the height...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (01/25/2013-01/27/2013)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Organ Works - Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 37 / Yuval Rabin, organ

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-03-12

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Preludes & Fugues (3) for organ, Op. 37; Andante for organ in D major [Little Pieces (4) for organ no 3]; Andante con moto for organ in G minor; Sonatas (6) for Organ, Op. 65; Anda...
Performers: Rabin, Yuval

For five years the men of Gersau labored and toiled while their wives sold jewelry and handicrafts in order to be able to finance their...continue...
Recording information: Gersau (09/05/2012-09/06/2012)....continue...

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (highlights) arr. for Wind Quintet; Quartet in E flat, Op. 44/3; Nocturno, Op. 24 / Ma'alot Quintet

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-01-15

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61; Quartet for Strings no 5 in E flat major, Op. 44 no 3; Overture for wind instruments in C major ("Harmoniemusik"), Op. 24
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Ensemble: Ma'alot Quintett

The Ma'alot Wind Quintet has recorded Mendelssohn's fabulous A Midsummer Night's Dream. And what initially seems to be a makeshift solution for limited performance circumstances...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (03/29/2012-03/31/2012)....continue...

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Symphonies No. 3 "The Scottish", No. 4 "The Italian" (2nd Version)

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2011-09-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"
Conductors: Holliger, Heinz
Ensemble: Musikkollegium Winterthur

Shimmeringly, spiritedly, and with an ear for facility and finesse the Musikkollegium Winterthur conducted by Heinz Holliger travels with Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy on his educational tours....continue...
Recording information: Stadthaus Winterthur (04/06/2010-04/09/2010)....continue...

Romantic Wind Serenades by Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Hartmann / Consortium Classicum

1 CD / MD&G / 2011-08-16

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Serenade for winds & strings in D minor, B. 77 (Op. 44); Felix Mendelssohn: Overture for wind instruments in C major ("Harmoniemusik"), Op. 24; Emil Hartmann: Serenade for winds,...
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Ensemble: Consortium Classicum

Antonín Dvorák's Serenade for Wind Instruments, Violoncello, and Double Bass op. 44 numbers among the "greatest hits" for renowned wind ensembles. The same does not...continue...
Recording information: Fürstliche Reitbahn Arolson (02/1992/07/1992); Fürstliche Reitbahn Arolson (03/1991)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Elias, Op. 70 / Spering

2 CD / MD&G / 2011-01-25

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
Performers: Barainsky, Claudia; Bauer, Thomas E.; Trost, Rainer
Conductors: Spering, Christoph

Just as the composer would have wanted it, Christoph Spering has selected a full chorus and a magnificently dimensioned orchestra for this recording. The New...continue...
Recording information: Alfried Krupp Saal the Philharmonie Essen (11/28/2009-11/29/2009)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Music for Piano for 2 and 4 hands

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-11-09

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Preludes & Fugues (6) for piano, Op. 35; Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, in E major Op. 21; Andante & Variations for piano, 4 hands in B flat major, Op. 83a; Allegro Brillant, fo...
Performers: Hellwig, Klaus; Lee, Mi-Joo

Korean pianist Mi-Joo Lee teams up with Klaus Hellwig for a Mendelssohn recording with the Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, a version of op....continue...
Recording information: Ehem. Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (01/25/2010-01/27/2010)....continue...

In Dulci Jubilo / Choral music for Christmas

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-11-09

Works: Friedrich Silcher: Wie soll ich dich empfangen, for chorus; Herbei, o ihr Gläub'gen; Christmas Traditional: Es kommt ein Schiff geladen, carol (German); Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht (Echo Ca...
Conductors: Straube, Jörg;
Ensemble: ; North German Figuralchor

During the first half of the twentieth century songbooks were published in order to promote sacred and secular choral song among the general population. The...continue...
Recording information: St. Osdag Church, Mandelsloh, Germany (08/27/2009-08/29/2009)....continue...

On the Wings of Song - Schumann, Liszt, etc / Tanski

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2008-04-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song; Variations Sérieuses (17) for Piano in D minor, Op. 54; Robert Schumann: Fantasia in C major, Op. 17; Franz Liszt: Buch der Lieder, Volume 1, S 531; Gustav M...
Performers: Tanski, Claudius

Claudius Tanski was born in Essen/Germany in 1959. He studied in Essen, Salzburg, Vienna and London, where Alfred Brendel was his most important teacher for...continue...

Jerusalem, thou high-built city - Liszt, Reger, etc / Roloff

1 CD / MD&G / 2008-01-22

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Sonatas (6) for Organ, Op. 65; Max Reger: Chorale Prelude for organ ("Jerusalem, du hochgebaute Stadt"), Op. 67/18; Benedictus for organ in D flat major, Op. 59/9; Sigfrid Karg-Ele...
Performers: Rollof, Elisabeth

This is Elisabeth Roloff's fourth disc featuring interpretive finesse from the Holy City. This time this organist who resides in Jerusalem presents the romantic organ...continue...

Mendelssohn: Symphony no 1 & 5, etc / Gollej, Fauth, et al

1 CD / MD&G / 2008-01-08

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Symphony no 5 in D major, Op. 107 "Reformation"; Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95; Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 11
Performers: Fauth, Gerald; Gollej, Olga; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas

When a few musicians take on the task of a whole orchestra, the composer's excellence and the arranger's fine touch are brought to light -...continue...

Saxophone Plus - Mendelssohn, et al / Bae, Alliage Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2007-10-23

Works: Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Performers: Bae, Jang Eun
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Ensemble: Alliage Quartett

"Adolphe Sax (who patented the saxophone in 1843, the same year both these pieces were premiered) dreamed of a time when his instrument would become...continue...

Saxophone Plus - Mendelssohn, et al / Bae, Alliage Quartet

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2007-10-23

Works: Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Performers: Bae, Jang Eun
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Ensemble: Alliage Quartett

The Alliage Saxophone Quartet has again tried to stretch the boundaries of repertoire for saxophone. The saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax, in 1843, the...continue...

Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto no 1 & 2, etc / Leonskaja

1 CD / MD&G / 2007-01-30

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 40; Song Without Words for piano no 36 in E major, Op. 67/6; Song without words, Op. 62/3 (Andan...
Performers: Leonskaja, Elisabeth
Conductors: Volkov, Ilan
Ensemble: Camerata Salzburg

Elisabeth Leonskaja's first recording with MDG was selected as a Gramophone Editor's Choice. In this release, Leonskaja performs works by Mendelssohn on MDG's legendary 1901...continue...

Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto no 1 & 2, etc / Leonskaja

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2007-01-30

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 40; Song Without Words for piano no 36 in E major, Op. 67/6; Song without words, Op. 62/3 (Andan...
Performers: Leonskaja, Elisabeth
Conductors: Volkov, Ilan
Ensemble: Camerata Salzburg

Elisabeth Leonskaja's first recording with MDG was selected as a Gramophone Editor's Choice. In this release, Leonskaja performs works by Mendelssohn on MDG's legendary 1901...continue...

The 14 Berlin Flutists - Flute Waves

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2006-09-19

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Felix Mendel...
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Ensemble: 14 Berliner Flötisten

Cancion y Danza - Bach, Sor, Mendelssohn, etc / Bungarten

1 CD / MD&G / 2004-09-21

Works: Joaquín Turina: Sevillana, fantasia for guitar, Op. 29; Luis de Milán: Fantasía for vihuela No 1; Julio S. Sagreras: El Colibri; Roberto Baden-Powell: Retrato Brasileiro (Brazillian Po...
Performers: Bungarten, Frank

SCENE O Täler weit, O Hohen / Drops, Detmold

1 CD / MD&G / 2004-09-21

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Work(s); Robert Schumann: Frühlingsgruss ("So sei gegrüsst vieltausendmal"), song for voice & piano (Lieder-Album für die Juge; German Traditional: Ich ging durch...

Mendelssohn: Complete Piano Trios / Trio Parnassus

1 CD / MD&G / 2004-06-29

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 49; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Performers: Chou, Chia; Gross, Michael; Schröder, Wolfgang [Violin]
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Ensemble: Trio Parnassus

"...you won't do better than the Trio Parnassus. Their readings strike me as fresher, more observant and more imaginative than any of other traditional peformances."...continue...

Mendelssohn: Complete String Quartets Vol 4 /Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2004-05-25

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20; Quartet for Strings in E flat major
Performers: Rohde, Hartmut; Sanderling, Michael; Wollong, Matthias; Yu, Yamei
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Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

"This is a fine recording of the Octet. The Leipzig Quartet is joined by four musicians of equal caliber and like musical minds." - Fine,...continue...

Mendelssohn: Complete String Quartets Vol 3 /Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2003-11-25

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet for Strings no 5 in E flat major, Op. 44 no 3; Scherzo for string quartet in A minor, Op. 81/2; Pieces (4) for String Quartet, Op. 81; Quartet for Strings no 6 in F minor, ...
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Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

"The recorded sound is warmly resonant, occasionally at the expense of clarity in the lower parts. But for the fullest realisation of these magnificent works,...continue...

Organ Landscape - Mecklenburg / Martin Rost

2 CD / MD&G / 2003-09-23

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BuxWV 155; Auf meinen lieben Gott, BuxWV 179; Daniel Erich: Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, choral prelude for organ; Nikolaus Hasse: Chor...
Performers: Rost, Martin

Includes 1. unser herrscher, unser könig, choralvorspiel (c by various composers....continue...

Mendelssohn: Complete String Quartets Vol 2 /Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2003-07-22

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet for Strings no 3 in D major, Op. 44 no 1; Quartet for Strings no 4 in E minor, Op. 44 no 2; Fugue for string quartet in E flat major, Op. 81/4; Capriccio in E minor, Op. 81...
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Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett

"The Leipzig Quartet tears into the opening of [Quartet] No. 1, capturing not only the music's sonorous brilliance but its underlying febrile intensity. But the...continue...

Mendelssohn: Complete String Quartets Vol 1 /Leipzig Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2001-11-20

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet for Strings no 2 in A minor, Op. 13; Quartet for Strings no 1 in E flat major, Op. 12
Performers: Büning, Tilman; Bauer, Ivo; Moosdorf, Matthias; Seidel, Andreas
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Ensemble: Leipzig String Quartet

Mendelssohn: Complete Clarinet Music /Klöcker, Arnold, et al

1 CD / MD&G / 2000-08-22

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concert Piece for Clarinet, Basset Horn and Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 114; Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E flat major; Concert Piece for Clarinet, Basset Horn and Piano no 1 in...
Performers: Arnold, Sandra; Duis, Thomas; Klöcker, Dieter; Magistrelli, Luigi
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Ensemble: Consortium Classicum

"We have come to expect quality recordings from the Consortium Classicum...and this is no exception. Mendelssohn wrote two concert pieces for clarinet, basset horn, and...continue...