Mendelssohn: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Variations Concertantes
8/4/1994, 17 Tracks, 1:02:25
Featuring
Maria Kliegel
Kristin Merscher
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
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Performer Biography
Maria Kliegel, the cellist on this recording, won the Grand Prix in the prestigious Rostropovich Competition in 1981.
Composer Biography
Mendelssohn's family encouraged both musical and general cultural interests, with extensive acquaintances among artists and men of letters.
Critical Reception
Despite his achievements, Mendelssohn encountered anti-Semitic prejudice, leading to accusations of superficiality in his music that are not justified.
Composer Biography
Mendelssohn's career was intense and brief; he settled in Leipzig as conductor of the Gewandhaus concerts and was instrumental in establishing the Conservatory there.
Composer Biography
Felix Mendelssohn, grandson of the great Jewish thinker Moses Mendelssohn, was born into a prosperous and culturally influential family in Hamburg.
Performer Biography
Kristin Merscher, the pianist, made her debut at age ten in a Haydn piano concerto and her first solo recital at fourteen.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Mendelssohn, like his family, accepted Christian baptism, which the poet Heine once described as a "ticket of admission into European culture."
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