March 2008 - Issue No. 29

CD Corner

Jewish composer Felix Mendelssohn wrote as many as thirteen string symphonies between the ages of eleven and fifteen. A four-volume recording of these works by the Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam is worth a listen. Here are the details of the recording:

Title
:
Mendelssohn – The Complete String Symphonies, Vol. 1 to 4
     
Composer
:
Felix Mendelssohn
     
Orchestra
:
Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam
     
Conductor
:
Lev Markiz
     
Label
:
BIS
     
Catalogue Number
:
BIS-CD-643, 683, 748, 798
     
Release Date
:
1993, 1995, 1996, 1997

 

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