Mendelssohn: Twelve String Symphonies

CDA66561/3
(Originally issued on CDA66196, CDA66318)

Recording details: Various dates
Various recording venues
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: August 1991
DISCID: E70EA212 A9119E0C 830F5C09
Total duration: 200 minutes 36 seconds

'Pople conveys all the joy and wonderment ... and the London Festival Orchestra clearly share in his delight as they unfold the true genius of these extraordinary works. Very highly recommended' (The Good CD Guide)

'I'd advise all those who don't know these remarkable works to acquire this complete set' (CDReview)

'Of memorably high calibre, alertly and capably played and beautifully recorded ... these three excellently engineered discs will more than repay careful and diligent listening' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide)

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Twelve String Symphonies

London Festival Orchestra, Ross Pople (conductor)

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3CDs Superseded by CDS44081/3

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		String Symphony No 1 in C major
CD1	1	Allegro [4'23]
	2	Andante [3'09]
	3	Allegro [2'38]
		String Symphony No 2 in D major
	4	Allegro [3'53]
	5	Andante [5'15]
	6	Allegro vivace [1'59]
		String Symphony No 3 in E minor
	7	Allegro di molto [3'34]
	8	Andante [2'37]
	9	Allegro [2'09]
		String Symphony No 4 in C minor
	10	Grave – Allegro [3'38]
	11	Andante [2'17]
	12	Allegro vivace [2'17]
		String Symphony No 5 in B flat major
	13	Allegro vivace [4'09]
	14	Andante [3'10]
	15	Presto [3'46]
		String Symphony No 6 in E flat major
	16	Allegro [3'37]
	17	Menuetto [5'09]
	18	Prestissimo [3'36]
		String Symphony No 7 in D minor
CD2	1	Allegro [5'14]
	2	Andante amorevole [5'13]
	3	Menuetto [3'59]
	4	Allegro molto [6'21]
		String Symphony No 8 in D major
	5	Adagio e Grave – Allegro [10'17]
	6	Adagio [4'14]
	7	Menuetto [5'21]
	8	Allegro molto [9'28]
		String Symphony No 9 in C minor
	9	Grave – Allegro [8'15]
	10	Andante [6'35]
	11	Scherzo [2'48]
	12	Allegro vivace [6'40]
CD3	1	String Symphony No 10 in B minor [8'30]
		String Symphony No 11 in F major
	2	Adagio – Allegro molto [11'57]
	3	Scherzo comodo: Schweizerlied [4'06]
	4	Adagio [8'20]
	5	Menuetto: Allegro moderato [3'24]
	6	Allegro molto [8'29]
		String Symphony No 12 in G minor
	7	Fuga: Grave – Allegro [5'29]
	8	Andante [6'48]
	9	Allegro molto [7'52]

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