Die erste Walpurgisnacht

Classical CD Reviews: Wagner’s “Die Walküre,” Johann Strauss’s “Blindekuh,” and Mendelssohn’s “Die erste Walpurgisnacht”

April 16, 2020
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The two best things about Simon Rattle’s new recording of Die Walküre are, well, Rattle, himself, and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; a strongly played and majestically sung performance of Felix Mendelssohn’s unfairly neglected Die erste Walpurgisnacht.

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Rethinking the Repertoire #6: Felix Mendelssohn’s “Die erste Walpurgisnacht”

March 1, 2016
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Felix Mendelssohn remains one of the West’s most underrated composers.

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