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)
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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 Capuçon