Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3/ Schumann: Cello Concerto (Classical Orchestral & Cello Collections: Various Artists)

Various Artists (Artist), Felix [1] Mendelssohn (Composer), Robert Schumann (Composer), Franz Konwitschny (Conductor), Kurt Masur (Conductor), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
• Conductor: Franz Konwitschny, Kurt Masur
• Composer: Felix [1] Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann
• Audio CD (October 13, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Curb Records
• ASIN: B000000DJV
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #780,254 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Symphony No. 3 in A minor ('Scottish'), Op. 56: Andante con moto - allegro un poco agitato - Assai animato

2. Symphony No. 3 in A minor ('Scottish'), Op. 56: Vivace non troppo

3. Symphony No. 3 in A minor ('Scottish'), Op. 56: Adagio

4. Symphony No. 3 in A minor ('Scottish'), Op. 56: Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maesto assai

5. Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129: Nicht zu schnell

6. Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129: Langsam

7. Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129: Etwas lebhafter, Sehr lebahft

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an appeal the decades have not dimmed, May 31, 2010

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David Landau (San Francisco, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3/ Schumann: Cello Concerto (Classical Orchestral & Cello Collections: Various Artists) (Audio CD)

From San Francisco:

I like this reading of the "Scottish" symphony. The "Allegro un poco agitato" of the first movement is, indeed, a little slower than we are accustomed to hearing it, but in the hands of Konwitschny and his Leipzig orchestra, it's a joy from start to finish. Rather than passionless, the interpretation is heartfelt, and beautifully rendered. Thanks to a warm and neatly divided early-sixties stereo sound, the work's component parts clearly stand forth, and we hear many details that are masked in other interpretations. The symphonic portrait grows in stature and vehemence across the successive movements, and the arc of sound achieves a fine culmination.

In the Schumann concerto, Juernjakob Timm deploys a luxuriant sound and a thoroughgoing musicality, backed up by the same Gewandhaus orchestra that sounds, twenty years after the Mendelssohn recording, remarkably like its old self. This is a good thing; and the performance under Masur's skillful baton is again a generous one, giving much pleasure.

In both recordings, the Leipzig orchestra demonstrates an old-fashioned musicality whose appeal the decades have not dimmed.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Extremely slow, January 29, 2006

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HB "HB" (Fort Mill, SC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3/ Schumann: Cello Concerto (Classical Orchestral & Cello Collections: Various Artists) (Audio CD)

If you like classical music played in a very ponderous manner, go ahead and buy this budget CD. If you like it played with passion and plenty of forward momentum, avoid this pathetic CD.