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Felix Mendelssohn

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2010 - Grandes Compositores de la Música Clásica: Mendelssohn
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2002 - Violin Concerto / Symphony no. 3 “Scottish” / Hebrides O
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1999 - Violin Concertos of Mendelssohn and Bruch

1988 - Violin Concertos

1987 - Schubert: Symphony no. 8 "Unfinished" / Mendelssohn: Symphon

1987 - A Midsummer Night's Dream (Wiener Philharmoniker feat. condu

1986 - A Midsummer Night's Dream (London Symphony Orchestra and Fin

1986 - Le songe d'une nuit d'été (feat. Heather Harper & Janet Ba

1985 - Préludes et fugues / Sonates / Andante varié (orgue: Marie

1985 - Dvorak: "Dumky" Trio / Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.1

1984 - Schubert: Symphonie No.8 „Unvollendete“ / Mendelssohn: S
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1984 - Motets & Psaumes (La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, Phil

1984 - A Midsummer Night's Dream (Philharmonia Orchestra feat. cond

1983 - Frieder Bernius, Kammerchor Stuttgart

1982 - Violin Concertos

1980 - Songs Without Words (feat. piano: Ilse von Alpenheim)

1978 - Violin Concertos

1978 - Symphonies No.4 & 5

1975 - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Academy of St. Martin in the Fie

1973 - Chöre (Rundfunkorchester Leipzig feat. conductor: Horst Neu

1960 - A Midsummer Night's Dream (Philharmonia Orchestra, feat. con

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Hamburg

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1809

Active
--- 1847

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Alternate Name
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

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Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (German: ; 3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period.
A grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn was born into a prominent Jewish family, although initially he was raised without religion and was later baptised as a Reformed Christian. Mendelssohn was recognised early as a musical prodigy, but his parents were cautious and did not seek to capitalise on his talent.
Mendelssohn enjoyed early success in Germany, where he also revived interest in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and in his travels throughout Europe. He was particularly well received in Britain as a composer, conductor and soloist, and his ten visits there – during which many of his major works were premiered – form an important part of his adult career. His essentially conservative musical tastes, however, set him apart from many of his more adventurous musical contemporaries such as Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner and Hector Berlioz. The Leipzig Conservatoire (now the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig), which he founded, became a bastion of this anti-radical outlook.
Mendelssohn wrote symphonies, concerti, oratorios, piano music and chamber music. His best-known works include his Overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian Symphony, the Scottish Symphony, the overture The Hebrides, his mature Violin Concerto, and his String Octet. His Songs Without Words are his most famous solo piano compositions. After a long period of relative denigration due to changing musical tastes and anti-Semitism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, his creative originality has now been recognised and re-evaluated. He is now among the most popular composers of the Romantic era.