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Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3-5 - Bernstein

Universal (Japan)  UCGG-9134 (2 discs)

Stereo Single Layer

Classical - Orchestral

Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3-5, Hebrides Overture

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Recorded live in October 1978 (Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5) and in August 1979 (Symphony No. 3 & Hebrides Overture) at the Deutsches Museum, Kongress-Saal, Munich, Germany (Hebrides Overture & Symphony No. 3) and at the Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel (Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5), 16/44.1

Recording producer: Hans Weber

Balance engineer: Karl-August Naegler

Executive producers: Hanno Rinke, Günther Breest

Remastered in 2018 at DSD 64fs by Emil Berliner Studios, Berlin, Germany, using the original analogue master tapes of DG.

Works (4)

• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, MWV N 18 Op. 56 'Scottish'
• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Symphony No. 4 in A major, MWV N 16 Op. 90 'Italian'
• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, MWV N 15 Op. 107 'Reformation'
• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: The Hebrides - Overture, MWV 7 Op. 26 'Fingal's Cave'