The Composer's Voice: Private Passions
Donald Macleod considers how Mendelssohn took inspiration for his music from women, wine and the wild wonder of Fingal's Cave.
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Donald Macleod considers how Mendelssohn took inspiration for his music from women, wine and the wild wonder of Fingal's Cave. With a strong romantic spirit, he composed works of great passion, often in the intimate world of chamber music.
Part of Radio 3's Composers of the Year 2009 season.
Rondo Capriccioso, Op 14
Murray Perahia (piano)
CBS CD42401
CD1 t9
Hebrides Overture, Op 26
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Joseph Swensen (conductor)
Linn CKD205
CD1 t1
Ersatz fur Unbestand (Two drinking songs)
Lob der Trunkenheit
Die Singphoniker
CPO 999 091-2
CD1 t 9 and 21
Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 49
Isaac Stern (violin)
Leonard Rose (cello)
Eugene Istomin (piano)
Sony Classical SMK64519
CD1 t 1-4.
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- Wed 28 Jan 200912:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 28 Jan 200922:00BBC Radio 3
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