Mendelssohn & Enescu: String Octets (Diary 2023-07-24)

Media Review (Listening Diary) — Gringolts Quartet and Meta4 performing Mendelssohn Octet op.20 & Enescu String Octet op.7; comparisons with Emerson String Quartet (Mendelssohn), Merel Quartet & Castalian String Quartet (Mendelssohn), and Vilde Frang & Friends (Enescu)

Marc Bouchkov, Claire Huangci — Basel, 2021-03-31

Marc Bouchkov, Claire Huangci (Orpheum Foundation — recording session) @ Paul Sacher Saal, Don Bosco, Basel, 2021-03-29 — Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Violin Sonata No.2 in F minor, op.4, MWV Q12 (1823) & Violin Sonata No.3 in F major, MWV Q26 (1838)
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Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (Diary 2015-10-26)

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte) played by Ilse von Alpenheim, in her complete recording from 1980 —there’s more to this than mere encores! Also included are two interesting sets of variations (opp.82 & 83), and the Andante cantabile e presto agitato in B major

Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.2 in C minor, op.66

Comparing recordings with the following artists: Trio Wanderer (2006) / Voces Intimae (2012); includes a brief view on a YouTube recording with Yuja Wang, Leonidas Kavakos, and Gautier Capu?on