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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0074644240122 Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony MPN: 42401 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: October 25, 1990 Studio: Sony Average Rating:
 Rating: - A great Mendelssohn albumYet another great recording from Murray Perahia and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields! This recording has really helped me in preparing to perform one of the Mendelssohn concertos myself; great sound quality on the actual recording as well as the superb technique exhibited makes this album one of my favorites! Rating:  - Very fine readings, but this music needs more helpPerahia plays the two Mendelssohn concertos at face value. The sparkling allegros and prestos fly by with elegant, brilliant ease. Perahia seems to believe in this music as light-hearted post-Mozart without Mozart's poignancy, and therefore he doesn't interpret it very personally. The accompaniments from the ASMF orchestra are suitably discreet and small-scaled. The other reviewers here are totally satisifed, but if you turn to Rudolf Serkin's account of Concerto #1 (Sony), his joyous ebullience ... Read More Rating: - A great CDThis is a wonderful CD, with some beautiful music played sensitively and with eloquence. The 2nd Piano Concerto would make my list of "underappreciated classical works." It's very attractive and just plain touching; I believe the best word to describe the 2nd movt. is "limpid." . Perahia and the orchestra produce a simply beautiful sound for the 2nd and 3rd mvts, which for me are the heart of the work. The 2nd Concerto is for me a far better work than the patchy and frequently uninteresting ... Read More Rating: - One of my favorite composersTRULY AN HOUR OR SO OF REAL ENJOYMENT Rating: - A Legendary RecordingThere are so many things that could be said about this recording. It deserves a spot on any top 50 classical recordings list. The piece and the performance are both 5 stars. Mendelssohn is an undeservingly neglected composer. He is ususally thought of as an orchestral composer, since his command of the orchestra is parallel to Mozart's. But in his own time, he was as great a pianist as anyone else. Even many pianists these days neglect or don't know much about his piano works. This is partly because his ... Read More |
