For this new recording of orchestral works by Mendelssohn, the CBSO and it's principal guest conductor, Edward Gardner, join the violinist Jennifer Pike, who made a remarkable debut at Carnegie Hall this year. She here performs the Violin Concerto in E minor, the piece that launched her career thirteen years ago when she became the youngest-ever winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Award. This recording contains another of Mendelssohn's later works: the Incidental Music for A Midsummer Night's Dream (1843), in which he managed to recapture and amplify the unique magic of his early years.

Tracklist:

Violin Concerto In E Minor, Op. 64, Mwv O 14: I. Allegro Molto Appassionato
Violin Concerto In E Minor, Op. 64, Mwv O 14: II. Andante
Violin Concerto In E Minor, Op. 64, Mwv O 14: III. Allegro Molto Vivace
A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21, Mwv P 3
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, Mwv M 13: Scherzo
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, Mwv M 13: Song With Chorus
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, Mwv M 13: Intermezzo
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, Mwv M 13: Nocturne
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, Mwv M 13: Wedding March
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, Mwv M 13: Dance Of The Clowns
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, Mwv M 13: Finale

UPC: 095115516126
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 1.29.16
Format: CD

Mendelssohn / Pike / Cbso Youth Chorus / Gardne - Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 4 (CD)