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Hamburg, Germany (1809 – 1847)

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, known generally as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3, 1809 Hamburg, Germany – November 4, 1847 Leipzig) was a German composer and conductor of Jewish parentage of the early Romantic period. His work includes symphonies, concertos, oratorios, piano and chamber music. After a long period of relative denigration due to changing musical tastes in the late 19th century, his creative originality is now being recognized and re-evaluated, and he is now amongst the most popular composers of the Romantic era.

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1	Spring Song full track	1,064
2	A Midsummer Night's Dream: Intermezzo	846
3	No. 8 in B flat minor, Op. 30/2 full track	624
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5	A Midsummer Night's Dream - Nocturne	585
6	Song Without Words full track	534
7	Violin Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 64: Andante	532
8	III. Finale: Presto scherzando full track	522
9	Andante full track	416
10	Song without Words, Op. 85, No. 2 full track	216
11	Allegretto con espressione full track	215
12	No. 35 in B minor, Op. 67/5: Moderato full track	200
13	No. 3 in A major, Op. 19/3, Huntsman's Song full track	189
14	Hebrides Overture full track	177
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KraeheK wrote:
Sunday morning

It is strange how his quartets are rarely mentioned - there are so many great full cycles recorded. Give them a try if you haven't yet - some of the best Romantic quartets after Beethoven and Schubert - equal with Dvořák.

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Schumanntica wrote:
Wednesday evening

Auguri, mio Bellissimo Felix!!!!! Oggi è il Tuo duecentounesimo Compleanno!!!!! Schumanntica Ti adora e sarà sempre più "MendelssohniAnna" !!!!!! 3 Febbraio 2010

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Cyankali wrote:
last month

Violin Concert in E Minor, Op. 64 best

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Schumanntica wrote:
last month

Amore mio,sono stata nella Tua Casa a Lipsia il 31 Dicembre 2009!!!!! Come sono entrata....mi hanno accolta le note della Tua stupenda Sinfonia "Scozzese", la mia preferita!!!!! Ho pianto dalla commozione....che meraviglia, grazie FELIX!!!!! :-)))))

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faceofanother wrote:
last month

well as this is an english speaking website...

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rutherfordsr wrote:
last month

I would second changing the name to Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Its only in the English speaking world where he is really known as just Mendelssohn.

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hjbardenhagen wrote:
last month

Happy New Year, there's a new Conductors group on Last.fm!

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Aaltjuh wrote:
November 2009

how come Hebrides Overture is not in the top 15...

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Knokkelmann wrote:
November 2009

stop proclaiming, blame zerwas!

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Zerwas wrote:
October 2009

Stop proclaiming, vote for correction to Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.

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yu00 wrote:
October 2009

His symphonies are grandiose

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Schumanntica wrote:
October 2009

Felix, I beg you, Rose again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ProGolfAddict wrote:
October 2009

♥

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musicusroy wrote:
September 2009

er tut bartoldi heisen felix medelson-bartoldi :(

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Schumanntica wrote:
September 2009

Felix, the more you listen the more I realize that you're a great composer and that you are not appreciated as they deserve. Great, wonderful Felix! Thank you for your Scottish, for the Symphony No. 1, for the Reformation, to the Hebrides, for the Octet Op.20, for the Prelude and Fugue in Miminore for piano, for Elijah for the dream of a midsummer night and endless lists all your masterpieces! I love you, Felix, I adore you !!!!!

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leukozyt68 wrote:
September 2009

Dear visitors of the Felix Mendelssohn website! We are the electronic pop band Mendelsson from Germany. Since we have registered here on last.fm some strange things are happening. Our page http://www.last.fm/music/Mendelsson seems to be linked with Felix Mendelssohn, although our band name has a different spelling. If any of you have the possibility to tag the music of Felix Mendelssohn correctly with this profile and not with ours, it would be a great help for us! We still have problems uploading our music, because it always gets connected with Felix Mendelssohn. With hope for help we say: Felix, rest in peace! Mendelsson

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SchlandCaro wrote:
August 2009

Elias is SO great ♥ I sang it at the "concert des lycées 2009/europäisches konzert der saar- und moselschüler" and I fell in love with it :)

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ReturnReinhard wrote:
August 2009

Op.20 is just fantastic.

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TheTrueSeker wrote:
July 2009

Scottish symphony is one of my favorites, but the Italian one gets a bit too rosy and cheerful for me at times. I still love the Saltarello Presto, though.

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BorisSpider wrote:
July 2009

Octet, Songs Without Words, Violin Concerto, 6th String Quartet, The Hebrides Overture, Scottish Symphony, Hymn of Praise, A Midsummer Night's Dream to name but a few... pure magic. What a shame he doesn't have the "name" like Mozart and Beethoven to the people I know. I won't rest until everyone knows the name Felix Mendelssohn! Certainly one of my favourite composers... aboslutely brilliant

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