Mendelssohn - Concerto for Violin & Piano in D minor, Concerto for Violin in D minor - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Gidon Kremer, Martha Argerich
Mendelssohn’s precociousness is famous, and in certain respects outstripped even that of Mozart; for not even Mozart’s greater genius produced such an astonishing flow of childhood and teenage works in which mastery of mature musical techniques seemed so complete. To turn through one of the “Green Books” in which Mendelssohn collected his manuscripts (they are mostly now held in the Deutsche Staatsbibliothek in East Berlin) is to be amazed at the prolific flow of ideas in all forms, finished works jostling with sketches or with works abandoned as some new idea is taken up. Between the ages of 11 and 15 (1820-24), he wrote thirteen string symphonies, five concertos, four Singspiels, and a whole row of chamber works, piano and organ pieces, songs and sacred choral works. According to his sister Fanny, he produced at the age of 13 a setting of Psalm 66, an A minor piano concerto, two symphonies, a piano quartet, settings of the opera Die beiden Neffen (the fourth he was to complete) and a violin concerto in D minor. ...
John Warrack
Mendelssohn
Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra in D minor
Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in D minor
Gidon Kremer, violin
Martha Argerich, piano
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
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