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The late Patric Standford may have written these short pieces deliberately to provoke our feedback. If so, his success is reflected in the rich range of readers' comments appearing at the foot of most of the pages.
Mendelssohn: String Symphonies Vol 3
555 202-2 (cpo, CD)
DDD
Stereo
NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 68'58"
Tracks: 9
Booklet pages: 28
© 2019 classic produktion osnabrück
Main country of recording: AT
Country of manufacture: DE
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Mendelssohn: String Symphonies Vol 3 published on 20 January 2020
Listen: Mendelssohn: Allegro moderato (Sinfonia IX in C) (track 6, 7:58-8:54)
Margot Oitzinger, alto (track 5)
L'Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg, conductor
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
Sinfonia VIII in D (MWV N 8) (1822)
1 Adagio e Grave - Allegro
2 Adagio
3 Menuetto - Trio. Presto
4 Allegro molto - piu Presto
5 Scene for alto and strings (MWV H 1) (1824): Agitato - Andante - Agitato: 'Che vuoi, mio cor? ... Io lo so ... Mai, se di lei t'accendi' (text: Pietro Metastasio)
Sinfonia IX in C (MWV N 9) (1823)
6 Grave - Allegro moderato
7 Poco Adagio
8 Scherzo - Trio piu lento. Schweizer Lied
9 Allegro molto - Presto - piu Presto
Recorded 22-24 September 2017 at Schlossmuseum Linz, Austria