Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 4 / Pike, Gardner, City of Birmingham Symphony

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
January 29, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MENDELSSOHN, FELIX
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Pike, Gardner
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 29, 2016
    • UPC
      095115516126
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHSA 5161
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Concertos
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro molto appassionato

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Jennifer Pike

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    2. II. Andante

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Jennifer Pike

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    3. III. Allegro molto vivace

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Jennifer Pike

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    4. A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21, MWV P 3

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    5. Scherzo

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    6. Song with Chorus

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Rhian Lois, Keri Fuge

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    7. Intermezzo

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    8. Nocturne

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    9. Wedding March

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    10. Dance of the Clowns

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    11. Finale

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Rhian Lois, Keri Fuge

      Conductor: Edward Gardner


For this new recording of orchestral works by Mendelssohn, the CBSO and its principal guest conductor, Edward Gardner, join the violinist Jennifer Pike, who made a remarkable debut at Carnegie Hall this year. She here performs the Violin Concerto in E minor, the piece that launched her career thirteen years ago when she became the youngest-ever winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Award. This recording contains another of Mendelssohn's later works: the Incidental Music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1843), in which he managed to recapture and amplify the unique magic of his early years.

Review:

Pike allies the luminous beauty of her tone to her innate musicality and mercurial technique to produce an exceptionally lyrical interpretation of the evergreen Violin Concerto in E minor.

– Guardian (UK)