In every way but one, the coupling of the violin concertos of Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann is perfect. As men, they were friends and, as composers, they were colleagues. Together they defined what it meant to be a German composer in the 1830s and 1840s. And while one would think that couplings of their violin concertos would be a staple of the classical recording industry, in fact, they are rarer than recordings of the Opus Clavicembalisticum. And the reason for this is the inescapable fact that while Mendelssohn's ...
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In every way but one, the coupling of the violin concertos of Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann is perfect. As men, they were friends and, as composers, they were colleagues. Together they defined what it meant to be a German composer in the 1830s and 1840s. And while one would think that couplings of their violin concertos would be a staple of the classical recording industry, in fact, they are rarer than recordings of the Opus Clavicembalisticum. And the reason for this is the inescapable fact that while Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto is the greatest work of its kind written after Beethoven and before Brahms, Schumann's Violin Concerto is one of the last and the least of the works of the composer as he succumbed to syphilitic insanity.Thus, in every way but one, this recording by violinist Renaud Capuçon with Daniel Harding conducting the Mahler Chamber Orchestra is successful. Capuçon has the technique and the temperament to play Mendelssohn's Concerto with heart and soul. Harding has the control...
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