Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos - Vinyl Edition

This attractively packaged LP is part of Hyperion's 2024 Vinyl Edition. For the CD or download version of this album—both of which additionally include a fine rendition of the 'Hebrides' overture—please » Click here.

Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor is one of the best-loved works of the genre. It’s played here with brilliance and charm by a dazzling young violinist whose versions of the classics of the repertoire have garnered great critical acclaim. Also recorded is the early Violin Concerto in D minor, written when the composer was only thirteen.

LPA67795 47 minutes 19 seconds (2 discs)

‘This performance of the E minor Concerto is splendid in many ways. The OAE, with its period instruments, delivers textures of unusual transparency and Alina Ibragimova's playing combines verve, brill ...
‘There’s a truth and honesty about this interpretation that you simply can’t argue with … beyond all the perfect balancings and the ear-pricking little details being drawn out of the score, it’s ...
‘Ibragimova's sensitive playing wins the day, with some superlative quiet moments and at all times a loyal adherence to the composer's markings and a sure sense of the music's phrasing and architectur ...