Felix Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides was inspired by the composer’s 1829 trip to the British Isles. His overture has now inspired collaboration between a Cambridge economist and a composer, using sound to ...
Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. Edward Gardner’s ‘Mendelssohn in Birmingham’ ...
Paulus (St Paul), Movements: Overture Edward Gardner, Conductor City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Felix Mendelssohn, Composer (Die) Schöne Melusine Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Edward Gardner, ...
Many of Christian Thielemann's performances seem to aspire to the rhetoric and bombast of Wagner, and this collection of German romantic overtures traces the same route in historical terms. Thielemann ...
This 1999 live recording captures the late conductor’s radical ear in bracing Mendelssohn, gossamer Wagner and a luminous Liebestod – from Violeta Urmana Ten years on from his death, this newly ...
Trumpet Overture Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Neville Marriner, Conductor Academy of St Martin in the Fields Paulus (St Paul), Movements: Overture Academy of St Martin in the Fields Felix Mendelssohn, ...