CLAUS PETER FLOR CONDUCTS MENDELSSOHN (6 CDS)

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.com), 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