MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in A minor 'Scottish' / Symphony No.4 in A major 'Italian'

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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in A minor 'Scottish' / Symphony No.4 in A major 'Italian'
London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

[ Decca Originals / CD ]

Release Date: Monday 1 October 2007

'Abbado's outstanding Decca Scottish Symphony is beautifully played and the LSO responds to his direction with the greatest delicacy of feeling, while the Italian Symphony has a comparable lightness of touch, matched with lyrical warmth. The vintage 1968 Kingsway Hall recording is freshly detailed yet full, with glowing wind colour.' Penguin Guide to Compact Discs

'Abbado's outstanding Decca Scottish Symphony is beautifully played and the LSO responds to his direction with the greatest delicacy of feeling, while the Italian Symphony has a comparable lightness of touch, matched with lyrical warmth. The vintage 1968 Kingsway Hall recording is freshly detailed yet full, with glowing wind colour.' The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs

This is one of a small number of records Claudio Abbado made for Decca in the 1960s (other composers include Prokofiev, Hindemith, Bruckner, Beethoven and Janácek) and features two of Mendelssohn's most popular works in sparkling performances.