Abbado: Mendelssohn — Symphonies No. 3 “Scottish” & No. 4 “Italian”

Mendelssohn — Symphonies No. 3 “Scottish” & No. 4 “Italian” (CS186)

Claudio Abbado conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 “Scottish” and Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 “Italian”.

Recordings

Kingsway Hall, London, 5–8 and 13 February 1968.

Tracklist

Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 “Scottish”
1. Andante con moto — Allegro un poco agitato — 12’28
2. Vivace non troppo — 04’08
3. Adagio — 09’59
4. Allegro vivacissimo — Allegro maestoso assai — 09’11

Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 “Italian”
5. Allegro vivace — 10’28
6. Andante con moto — 06’57
7. Con moto moderato — 06’37
8. Saltarello. Presto — 05’44

Credits

Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Producer: John Mordler
Sound engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson

Available formats

File PCM 44.1kHz • 16bit — CD Resolution
File Hi-Res 96kHz • 24bit
File Hi-Res 192kHz • 24bit
File DSD64
File DSD128

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