Since you are interested in Mendelssohn: Songs and Duets Vol 4, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Songs and Duets Vol 3 Sophie Daneman (soprano) Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano) Mark Padmore (tenor) Stephan Loges (baritone) Eugene Asti (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] "'There is much to recommend in this collection. First of all, the songs themselves, some deeper than others, are sweet and forthright, and shown to their best advantage by the equally sweet and forthright playing of Eugene Asti." Fanfare |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Songs and Duets - Vol 2 Sophie Daneman (soprano) Stephan Loges (baritone) Eugene Asti (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] 'Attractively and intelligently presented by Sophie Daneman and Stephan Loges … the warm baritone of Loges making a particularly strong impression' (BBC Music Magazine) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Concerto in E major for two pianos / Concerto in A flat major for two pianos Stephen Coombs, Ian Munroe (pianos) / BBC Scotish Symphony / Jerzy Maksymiuk [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 3 / CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] 'Coombs and Munro prove ideal advocates, playing with delectable point and imagination' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
MENDELSSOHN / BEETHOVEN / WEBER / CHOPIN / LISZT / etc
Stephen Hough in recital Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] RECORDING OF THE MONTH - GRAMOPHONE MAY 2009 SUNDAY TIMES CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1 & No 2 / Capriccio Brillant in B minor Op 22; Rondo Brillant in E flat major Op 29 ; etc (The Romantic Piano Concerto Stephen Hough (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony / Lawrence Foster [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 17 / CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - 'The soft, stylish arpeggios that open the first work on the disc announce immediately that something special is on the way. Hough is now clearly first recommendation in the concertos'... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Panis angelicus - Sacred Music from Westminster Cathedral Westminster Cathedral Choir, Iain Simcock (organ) James O'Donnell [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] 'What can one say? A feast beyond all dreams. Guaranteed to please' (Organists' Review) 'A beautiful disc of sacred motets from one of this country's finest choirs' (Classic FM Magazine) |
FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Lieder (Songs) Susan Gritton (Soprano), Eugene Asti (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] '[Fanny Mendelssohn's] reputation deserves the kind of boost this excellent disc offers. Both Eugene Asti and Susan Gritton get to the heart of these pieces.' (BBC Music Magazine) |