Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Violin Conderto & Piano Trios
8/20/2009, 11 Tracks, 1:23:45
Featuring
Leonidas Kavakos
Patrick Demenga
Enrico Pace
Camerata Salzburg
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
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Composer Biography
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, like Mozart, was a child prodigy who died at a tragically early age and enjoyed public success as a musician with great technical skill before his tenth birthday.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Robert Schumann described Mendelssohn as 'the Mozart of the 19th century' for his ability to understand and reconcile the contradictions of his time.
Composition History
Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, took several years of intensive planning and composing, despite the composer having the opening theme in mind as early as 1838.
Critical Reception
Robert Schumann, a prominent composer and critic, praised Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49, in the highest tones in his review for the 'Neue Zeitschrift für Musik'.
Compositional Technique
The Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, breaks with convention by having the solo violin present the main theme at the outset, rather than the customary orchestral introduction.
Compositional Technique
In the Violin Concerto, the solo cadenza is unusually placed in the middle of the first movement, linking the development section and the reprise.
Composer Biography
Mendelssohn, like Mozart, developed his musical creativity alongside an older sister: Mozart with his 'Nannerl' and Mendelssohn with his favorite sister Fanny.
