Mendelssohn
A grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn was born into a prominent Jewish family. He was brought up without religion until the age of seven, when he was baptised as a Reformed Christian. Mendelssohn was...
MENDELSSOHN Songs Without Words (complete)
MENDELSSOHN Andante and Rondo Capriccioso
Studio recordings, 1956 & 1953
Total duration: 2hr 12:21
Ania Dorfmann, piano
GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
SCHUMANN Carnaval, Op. 9 [STEREO recording]
Studio recordings, 1953-59
Total duration: 74:26
Ania Dorfmann. piano
BACH Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, “St. Anne”
BACH Toccata and Fugue in D minor
BENJAMIN Overture to an Italian Comedy
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1
CHAUSSON Symphony in B-flat
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
DVOŘÁK In Nature’s Realm
ELGAR Enigma Variations
GLAZUNOV The Seasons
GLINKA Ruslan and Ludmila - Overture
GOLDMARK Rustic Wedding Symphony
GRIEG Peer Gynt excerpts
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream excerpts
R. STRAUSS Also Sprach Zarathustra
R. STRAUSS Aus Italien - On the Shores of Sorrento
SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre
SMETANA The Bartered Bride - Overture
STOCK Symphonic Waltz
TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY Marche slave
WAGNER Siegfried - Forest Murmurs
WAGNER Die Meistersinger - Prelude
plus music by: Bizet, Carey, Dohnányi, Enescu, François Schubert, Glière, Handel, Ippolitov-Ivanov, J. Strauss II, Järnefelt, Liadov, MacDowell, Meacham, Mozart, Paganini, Ponchielli, Rezniček, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schubert, Schumann, Sibelius, Simonetti, Suk, Suppé, Thomas, Toch, Volkmann, Walton, Weber and Wolf-Ferrari
Studio recordings, 1930-1941
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Frederick Stock
WAGNER Preludes & Orchestral Excerpts
BRAHMS Hungarian Dances
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
GOLDMARK In Springtime Overture
J. STRAUSS II Four Waltzes
SUPPÉ Poet And Peasant Overture
THOMAS Mignon Overture
music by Elgar, Sibelius, Handel, Mendelssohn et al
Studio recordings, 1916-1926
Total duration: 2hr 30:36
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Frederick Stock
ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
ROSSINI The Barber of Seville - Overture
MENDELSSOHN Hebrides Overture
J. STRAUSS II Artist’s Life - Waltz
WEBER Euryanthe - Overture
plus piano solos by Chopin, Jensen, Liszt and Mendelssohn
Studio recordings, 1923-1930
Total duration: 79:01
Rudolph Ganz, conductor and piano
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
Recorded 1944, 1949 and 1959
Total duration: 73:01
Jascha Heifetz, violin
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor Arturo Toscanini
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor Sir Thomas Beecham
Boston Symphony Orchestra
conductor Charles Munch
