♫ Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto as you've never heard it


	♫ Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto as you've never heard it

Johanna_G

3-2-2008 5:34 PM

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3-4-2008 10:37 PM

masbury

Wow! I started adult life as a bass player, and played in orchestras many times behind soloists performing this piece. These are scorching tempos! The piece just weeps - I love it!

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		Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet, Songs -- Daniel Hope/Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Thomas Hengelbrock (DG 6634). (Album cover)</DIV>
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