Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 'Scottish'; Hebrides Overture / Schumann: Piano Concerto (Bonus Blu-Ray audio/video disc)

Product Description LSO Live presents the first release in a new Mendelssohn symphony cycle featuring Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Offered in sets containing both SACD and audio/video Blu-ray discs, Gardiner's interpretations can be seen and heard to full effect. Mendelssohn's Symphony No.3 and Hebrides Overture were both inspired by his travels to the British Isles, and are among the composer's most popular works. Also featured on this release is the Portuguese pianist Maria Joao Pires performing Schumann's Piano Concerto. Review "Gardiner brilliantly delineates orchestral textures and proves a perfect collaborative partner for Pires." --Gramophone Editor's Choice, January 2015 "The Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires offers an insightful performance of Schumann's Piano Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra, which also plays with commitment in Mendelssohn's "Hebrides" Overture and "Scottish" Symphony." --Vivien Schweitzer, The New York Times "The London reviewers were especially enthusiastic about the way the conductor managed to add new aspects to the sound of the orchestra concerning historically informed performance, without denying the renowned orchestra's characteristics." --Magazin Frankfurt