‘Che vuoi mio cor?’ MWV H 1

Grave – Allegro from MWV N 9

Poco Adagio from MWV N 9

Scherzo – Trio più lento. ‘Schweizer Lied’ from MWV N 9

Decorated by Pizzicato (Four quavers).

Nominated for International Classical Music Awards 2020.

Recommended by MusicWeb International, Stereoplay, Concerto, MDR Kultur, Radio Klassik and Sonograma Magazine.

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
String Symphonies Vol. 3

Margot Oitzinger, alto
L’Orfeo Barockorchester
Michi Gaigg, conductor

Sinfonia VIII D major MWV N 8
‘Che vuoi mio cor? … Io lo so’, Scena for Alto and Strings MWV H 1 (first recording)
Sinfonia IX C major MWV N 9

using a fortepiano by Johann Frenzel (Linz, c. 1820) as a thoroughbass

(cpo 2019)

Don’t let Michi Gaigg’s lovingly turned accounts of Mendelssohn’s youthful experiments pass you by.
MusicWeb International, November 2019