Salvatore Accardo performs Violin Concertos in E minor & D minor by Mendelssohn
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COMPOSERS: Mendelssohn
LABELS: Eloquence
ALBUM TITLE: Mendelssohn
WORKS: Violin Concertos in E minor & D minor
PERFORMER: Salvatore Accardo (violin); London Philharmonic Orchestra/Charles Dutoit
CATALOGUE NO: Eloquence 482 5073 (1976)
Accardo’s silken tonal purity and sovereign command matches the composer’s magical soundworld to a tee, especially in the sparkling, post-Mozartian gestures of the early D minor Concerto.
Julian Haylock
Authors
Julian Haylock is the former editor of CD Review and International Piano Magazines and reviews of CD Classics Magazine. He is also the author of biographies on Mahler, Rachmaninov and Puccini, and co-author of the Haylock and Waugh pocket guides to Classical Music on CD and Opera Music on CD.