Mendelssohn Symphony No 3 'Scottish', Overture: The Hebrides, & Schumann Piano Concerto album cover

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 "Scottish", The Hebrides Overture

Schumann: Piano Concerto

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Inspired by his travels to the British Isles and full of the influence of the rolling Scottish landscape, both Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 ‘Scottish’ and his Overture: The Hebrides are amongst the composer’s most popular and admired works. The London Symphony Orchestra present us with inspiring performances of these works, as well as a performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto, featuring the celebrated pianist, Maria João Pires.

Sir John Eliot Gardiner writes of this coupling; ‘Even if they spoke with different accents these genial Romantics were united in their ambitious fervour for ‘abstract’ music to be acknowledged as having the same expressive force as poetry, drama or the literary novel. The three works on this album exemplify the endeavour and range of invention of two of them, friends and colleagues in Leipzig’.

Composers Felix Mendelssohn & Robert Schumann
Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Performers London Symphony Orchestra
Soloist Maria João Pires

1. The Hebrides - 'Fingal's Cave'

Piano Concerto in A Minor
2. I. Allegro affettuoso
3. II. Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso
4. III. Allegro vivace

Symphony No. 3 in A Minor - 'Scottish'
5. I. Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato
6. II. Vivace non troppo
7. III. Adagio
8. IV. Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso assai

Release Date 13 October 2014
SACD LSO0765 | 0822231176527
Digital LSO0265-D | 0822231126560

Producer Nicholas Parker
Engineers Classic Sound Ltd
Recorded 21st January 2014, Barbican, London

FLAC - 24bit 96kHz - Compatible with Windows and Android devices
MP3 - 320kbps - Universal compatibility
SACD - Compatible with all CD players

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Reviews

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‘Gardiner brilliantly delineates orchestral textures and proves a perfect collaborative partner for Pires.’

- Gramphone, Editor’s Choice
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‘If I had to pick my record of the year, there would be a queue. Leading that queue, and ticking every box, is the stunning, revelatory new recording of Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony and Hebrides Overture, with, to my taste, one of the finest performances of Schumann's Piano Concerto that I have ever heard. The whole thing is absolutely wonderful, and an education.’

- The Herald Scotland
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***** ‘This album is, in short, perfection in a nutshell.’

- Cutting Edge