Another distinguished German conductor featured in the new release is Claus Peter Flor, whose “excellent feel for Mendelssohn’s music” was lauded by Gramophone. Collected here in a single box are Flor’s acclaimed Bamberg Symphony Orchestra recordings of Mendelssohn’s complete symphonies (“affection and intelligence … good traditional polished German playing” – BBC Music Magazine), overtures and Midsummer Night’s Dream incidental music (“a charming, musical and lively account … very good sound” – ClassicsToday), as well as a neglected masterpiece, the cantata based on Goethe’s Die erste Walpurgisnacht.
Mendelssohn:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music, Op. 61
Lucia Popp (soprano), Marjana Lipovšek (mezzo)
Symphonies Nos. 1-5
Lucia Popp, Julie Kaufmann (sopranos), Josef Protschka (tenor)
Die Hochzeit des Camacho, Op. 10
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Kyoko Takezawa (violin)
Concerto in D minor for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra
Kyoko Takezawa (violin)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40
Capriccio Brillant in B minor Op. 22
Sergei Edelmann (piano)
Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95
Athalia Overture
Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60
Leise zieht durch mein Gemut
Hebrides Overture, Op. 26
Trumpet – Overture Op. 101
Bamberger Symphoniker, Claus Peter Flor