Sir John Eliot Gardiner's award-winning Mendelssohn cycle on LSO Live continues with the dramatic Symphony No 1 alongside the ever-popular 'Italian', described by the composer as ‘the jolliest piece I’ve written so far’.
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BBC Music Magazine'Gardiner's Mendelssohn is as genial as it gets' (The Sunday Times)
'Le phrasé de l'Andante, la respiration du tissu orchestral, le sentiment poétique sont des merveilles; le LSO y révèle l'étendue de la souplesse et la justesse de son jeu collectif si malléable' (Dia ...