Sunday 12 February 2017

Mendelssohn & his time I - Soloists of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment



Mendelssohn & his time I

Soloists of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano [JB Streicher, 1849]
Lisa Beznosiuk, flute (05-09)
Richard Lester, cello (01-04,06-09)


recorded: Feb 26, 2009, St George's, Bristol

period instruments
mp3 - bitrate: 256 kbps (VBR)
source: BBC Radio 3 (digital)
recorded with harddisc recorder


In 2009 soloists of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment gave a series of four concerts devoted to Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and his time. This is the first in the series. The next three will be posted later during the first half of this year.


Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

Sonata for pianoforte and cello No 2 in D, op. 58

(01) allegro assai vivace [08'07"]
(02) allegretto scherzando [05'36"]
(03) adagio [04'31"]
(04) molto allegro e vivace [07'17"]


Theobald BOEHM (1794-1881)

(05) Gute Nacht, for flute and pianoforte (after Franz Peter Schubert) [04'21"]


Carl Maria VON WEBER (1786-1826)

Trio v pianoforte, transverse flute and cello in g minor, op. 63 (J 259)

(06) allegro moderato [08'04"]
(07) scherzo. allegro vivace [02'51"]
(08) Schäfers Klage. andante espressivo [04'02"]
(09) finale. allegro [05'54"]


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3 comments:

  1. thank you very much for this & the others in the series. -cheers, a.v.

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  2. I've only just now come to your blog and I find it wonderful. Can you tell me the date of this first Mendelssohn and His Time concert--the first one? All the other Mendelssohn and His Time concerts you posted have the dates noted. Thanks!

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    1. I had not noticed that I forgot to include the date of the concert. It was Feb 26, 2009. As you can see I have added it to the page. Thanks!

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