Mendelssohn: Overtures

Felix [1] Mendelssohn (Composer), Claudio Abbado (Conductor), London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Claudio Abbado
• Composer: Felix [1] Mendelssohn
• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Deutsche Grammophon
• ASIN: B000001G8R
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #88,841 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Abbado at his best!!, May 7, 2004

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B. Crawford (Dayton, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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I'll admit, I'm a huge Abbado fan and a pretty good
Mendelssohn fan as well. So when I saw this CD for sale I
snatched it up quickly because of the rarity of most of
the overtures. I wasn't dissapointed at all! The sound
is great and the performances are wonderful. Despite what
the other reviewer said, it is playable on a "normal CD
player", and it is a disc that shouldn't be passed up
if you're an Abbado fan like myself!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mendelssohn Overtures, May 12, 2011

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Sharon Goldstein "Book Chick" (Los Angeles, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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Mendelssohn himself never fails to please, and this set of overtures by the London Symphony under the baton of Claudio Abbado is delightful. I particularly liked the "Fair Melusine" overture, partly because Mendelssohn wrote it in a fit of pique brought on by seeing a bad production of the play, but also because of the water figures which very much evoke the Rhine leitmotif in "The Ring of the Niebelungen," years before Wagner wrote "Das Rhinegold." Hmmm. Buy. Listen. Enjoy.

Sharon Goldstein, writing from Los Angeles

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Mendelssohn recording., October 12, 2009

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Carlos Quintero "quinmal" (Caracas, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This is the best CD to get all the overtures by Mendelssohn.
Magic and wonderful playing by Abbado and the LSO. It's a pity
that Abbado couldn't maintain these standards during his years
in Berlin.-