Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Écurie, Alexis Kossenko
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2023
Steeped in the Baroque, Kossenko and his responsive forces seem to take naturally to Mendelssohn...the smallish forces, tilting the balance towards woodwind and brass, allow for an ideal transparency...
Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Écurie, Alexis Kossenko
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Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2023
Steeped in the Baroque, Kossenko and his responsive forces seem to take naturally to Mendelssohn...the smallish forces, tilting the balance towards woodwind and brass, allow for an ideal transparency...
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Presto Editor's ChoiceJuly 2023
August 2023
Steeped in the Baroque, Kossenko and his responsive forces seem to take naturally to Mendelssohn...the smallish forces, tilting the balance towards woodwind and brass, allow for an ideal transparency of texture in a sympathetic acoustic.
July 2023
Pleasantly astringent strings and soft-grained woodwinds grab the attention from the opening bars of the Italian on this first instalment of a projected series from the French ensemble, with tautness and clarity the order of the day throughout. There's a real sense of chamber music writ large as motifs are playfully tossed from one section to another, and the period instruments lend an appropriately stark quality to the Reformation.
