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CDA66567

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Recording details: September 1991
City Hall, Candleriggs, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Philip Hobbs
Release date: May 1992
Total duration: 71 minutes 46 seconds
Available for download on iTunes: Yes

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'Coombs and Munro prove ideal advocates, playing with delectable point and imagination' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'Fine talent is on display here ... this programme makes ideal listening as well as offering welcome insight into Mendelssohn's great genius' (CDReview)

'The sheer joy of playing this music bubbles over in every measure' (American Record Guide)

'Sensitive and enchanting' (Piano International)

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 03 – Mendelssohn Double Concertos
Stephen Coombs (piano), Ian Munro (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Concerto in A flat major for two pianos
1
Movement 1: Allegro vivace  [17:16]
Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)
2
Movement 2: Andante  [10:10]
Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)
3
Movement 3: Allegro vivace  [14:02]
Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)
Concerto in E major for two pianos
4
Movement 1: Allegro vivace - Poco piϋ allegro  [13:09]
Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)
5
Movement 2: Adagio non troppo  [8:55]
Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)
6
Movement 3: Allegro  [8:14]
Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)

 
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