Mendelssohn: Complete Works for Violin and Piano

Description

Dear to his heart, the violin and piano accompanied Mendelssohn throughout his life, and the composer readily brought them together from his earliest years. The complete works for the two instruments recorded here, mixing youthful and mature pieces, is fascinating in many respects. It bears witness to Mendelssohn's years of apprenticeship, while also allowing us to perceive, in the background, the evolution of an exceptional musical sensibility. Although this is well known, one is still surprised, when listening to the sublime and melancholic delicacy of the Sonata in F minor, MWV Q12, or the caprices of the Concerto for Violin and Piano, by the expressive maturity and artistry of a Mendelssohn barely 14 years old. Accompanied with freshness and vitality by the Orchestre des Jeunes de la Suisse romande, Sylviane Deferne and Denitsa Kazakova offer all the conviction and brilliance required by this rare complete recording of Mendelssohn's works for violin and piano!