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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto - Symphony No. 5 & The Hebrides

8/25/2017, 8 Tracks, 1:01:36

Featuring

  • Pablo Heras-Casado
  • Isabelle Faust
  • Freiburger Barockorchester
  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

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Composition History

Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor took six years to complete, with the composer announcing his intention to write it in 1838 and finishing it in 1844.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The cadenza in Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto is unusually placed within the development section, giving it greater formal weight than a traditional cadenza at the end of a movement.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor breaks classical conventions by having the soloist present the main theme at the very beginning, rather than a full orchestral introduction.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

The 'Reformation' Symphony was initially rejected by the Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris as 'too scholastic' with 'too much fugato and too little melody' after only one rehearsal.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Mendelssohn was baptized Protestant at age seven, and his engagement with the Lutheran faith was deeply connected to his artistic work throughout his life.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

Isabelle Faust, the violinist on this album, plays a Stradivarius violin named 'Sleeping Beauty' from 1704.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

The 'Reformation' Symphony was conceived to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Confessio Augustana, a fundamental creed of the Lutheran Church presented in 1530.

Source: Booklet

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