These two works were written when Mendelssohn was 13. The Violin Concerto in D minor – not to be confused with the famous E minor Concerto No 2 – was rediscovered by Yehudi Menuhin in the last century ...

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Discover Mendelssohn's lesser-known violin music in the context of his brilliant Violin Concerto in E minor. Drive Featured Album 28 January 2013. Mendelssohn's Violin Concertos are rarely anything ...

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Richard Hickox, Conductor Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Mayumi Seiler, Violin City of London Sinfonia Concerto for Violin and Strings Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Mayumi ...

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Isabelle Faust, Violin Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor Felix Mendelssohn, Composer (The) Hebrides, 'Fingal's Cave' Freiburg Baroque Orchestra ...

Mendelssohn wrote these two concertos at the ages of 13 and 14, at a time when he was developing at astonishing speed. (He would write two of his best pieces while still in his teens, the Octet at 16 ...

Stephen Johnson explores Mendelssohn's rarely heard Concerto for violin and piano to examine how the composer was already racing from being a child prodigy to an incipient genius. Show more ...