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| Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies; 7 Overtures | 
 enlarge | Creators: Felix Mendelssohn, Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra, Elizabeth Connell, Karita Mattila, Hans Peter Blochwitz
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Category: Music
List Price: $30.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 9921
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.1 x 0.6 x 0.5
MPN: 471467
UPC: 028947146728
EAN: 0028947146728
ASIN: B00005ONMP
Release Date: May 14, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | Symphony No.1 In C Minor, Op.11 | | • | Octet In E Flat, Op.20 | | • | Overture "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op.21 | | • | The Hebrides, Op.26 (Fingal's Cave) | | • | Meeresstille Und GlUeCkliche Fahrt, Op.27 | | • | Symphony No.2 In B Flat, Op.52 - "Hymn Of Praise" | | • | Symphony No.3 In A Minor, Op.56 - "Scottish" | | • | Overture "The Fair Melusine", Op.32 | | • | "Trumpet Overture", Op.101 - Allegro Vivace | | • | Ruy Blas, Op.95 - Overture To Victor Hugo's Play | | • | Symphony No.4 In A, Op.90 - "Italian" | | • | Symphony No.5 In D Minor, Op.107 - "Reformation" | | • | Overture For Wind Instruments, Op.24 (FUeR Harmoniemusik) |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Mendelssohn Rocks! October 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
From the first entrances, the symphonies and overtures of Felix Mendelssohn come alive under the expert direction of Maestro Claudio Abbado. Sensitive phrasings and dynamics make the most of Mendelssohn's lyric melodic lines, helping to shape each work into a cohesive whole. The "Hymn of Praise" contains some rather extreme dynamic levels, in my opinion, but overall, it is a stunning collection, with excellent soloists and choir. I highly recommend the two-disc set to anyone fond of Mendelssohn's music!
 Filing Error October 12, 2007
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
Do note that the mp3 link from this site is not what it is supposed to be. It links to what could well be a very mediocre collection of overtures. BEWARE
Great set May 18, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
By my calculations, this is the single best set of Mendelssohn symphonies out there today. Though better versions of the "Reformation," "Scottish," and "Italian" Symphonies exist in other disks, I still like the interpretations offered by Abbado and the LSO.
For the "Reformation", and "Italian" Symphonies, I'd recommend John Eliot Gardiner and the Vienna Philharmonic's DG set.
For the Scottish Symphony I'd go with Karajan's recording with the BPO (that CD also comes with the best "Hebrides Overture" recording available, and a pretty good "Italian Symphony" interpretation, too).
All of the overtures in this set are performed very well, both in technical execution and musical interpretation. The Hebrides (a work far ahead of its time), in particular, is a fine recording. So is "Overture 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'." I really have grown fond of the "Ruy Blas" overture as well.
Another reviewer complained that the interpretations in this set are "too Classical." I think they are correct in saying the set is Classically performed, but I think that works with Mendelssohn, as he was "the Romantic Mozart."
Overall this is a great set, and a good way to become familiar with the music of Felix Mendelssohn, or build your Mendelssohn library.
MENDELSSOHN: 5 Symphonies/7 Overtures (LSO/Claudio Abbado) DG 471 467-2 July 13, 2006
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Unlike many all-digital compilations offered by one orchestra and conductor, this collection of Mendelssohn favorites is outstanding in performance and interpretation throughout. Maestro Abbado shows a genuine affection for the composer and his genius by the sequence of selections on each disc, and I find no weak performances anywhere in this remarkable recording.
Charlie Hastings
Falls Church, VA
 Great Concept but Not So Great Execution! June 14, 2006
12 out of 19 found this review helpful
First, the good: Great box design for packaging, great booklet in various languages describing the history of all the performed works, great value for money, excellent representation of the great Mendelssohn's best works.
Now, the bad: the problem with compilations like this is that the material tends to have been recorded at different times and places and frequently by different personnel on various recording equipment of varying quality. What this means is that some tracks within each disc sound much better then others and even whole discs come in varying sound qualities.
Fortunately, the best disc, disc one starts out very well with the great first symphony and ends with the composer's best Overtures and the quality of the sound recording is very good. Then we get to disc 2 and the sound quality can only be described as abysmal. The difference in the sound is like night and day when compared with the first disc. The third disc sounds much better but is still not as good as the first disc while the last disc comes somewhere in between the second and third.
There's no doubting the quality of the performances though by Claudio Abbado and the LSO and of course the choice of material but too bad about the inconsistency of the sound quality from track to track and from disc to disc.
Still, the 3 stars are for the good points listed above and for the great disc 1.
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