MENDELSSOHN - Bis

INSTRUMENTARIUM
Violin Concerto in E minor: Stradivarius, 1732
Violin Concerto in D minor, Concerto for Violin & Piano: Federico Goldnagl, Vienna 1993
Concerto for Violin & Piano, Concert Pieces: Steinway D. Piano technician: Theo Verheijen
Piano Concerto in A minor: Steinway D. Piano technician: Thomas Nielen
Piano Concertos in G minor & D minor: Fazioli. Piano technician: Gerard van Hazendonk
Concertos for Two Pianos: Steinway D. Piano technician: Hans Bos
RECORDING DATA
Symphonies; ‘Ruy Blas’ Overture
Recorded in February 2007 [Nos 3 & 5], August 2007 [Nos 1 & 4; ‘Ruy Blas’ Overture] and April 2008 [No. 2] at the Grieg Hall, Bergen, Norway
Producers: Hans Kipfer [Nos 1, 2 & 4; ‘Ruy Blas’ Overture]; Jens Braun [Nos 3 & 5]
Sound engineers: Andreas Ruge [Nos 1 & 4; ‘Ruy Blas’ Overture]; Ingo Petry [No. 2]; Thore Brinkmann [No. 3]; Marion Schwebel [No. 5]
Digital editing: Piotr Furmanczyk; Nora Brandenburg; Michaela Wiesbeck
Executive producer: Robert Suff
String Symphonies
Recorded in August 1993 [Nos 2, 3, 9 & 10]; April 1994 [No.13]; July 1994 [Nos 1, 5, 6, 7 & 12]; May 1995 [No. 4];
July 1995 [No.11]; October 1995 [No. 8] at the Concertgebouw, Haarlem, The Netherlands;
March 1996 [No. 8 with winds] at the Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland
Producer and sound engineer: Ingo Petry
Digital editing: Ingo Petry, Hans Kipfer, Jeffrey Ginn, Stephan Reh
Executive producer: Robert von Bahr
Concertos; Concert Pieces
Recorded in October 1995 (Violin Concerto in D minor) and July 1998 [Violin Concerto in E minor; Scherzo from Octet] at the Waalse Kerk,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands; July 1995 [Concerto for Violin & Piano]; May 1995 [Concert Pieces; Piano Concerto in A minor];
August 1994 [Piano Concertos in G minor & D minor]; September 1994 [Concertos for Two Pianos] at the Concertgebouw, Haarlem,
The Netherlands
Producer and sound engineer: Ingo Petry
Digital editing: Dirk Lüdemann, Ingo Petry, Hans Kipfer, Jeffrey Ginn, Stephan Reh
Executive producer: Robert von Bahr
BOOKLET AND GRAPHIC DESIGN
Cover texts: © Horst A. Scholz 2008–09, Dr Allan B. Ho 1998, Stig Jacobsson 1993–97
Translations: Andrew Barnett (English); Julius Wender (German); Jean-Pascal Vachon & Arlette Lemieux-Chené (French)
Front cover: Landschaft mit Regenbogen, c. 1810, by Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840)
Typesetting, lay-out: Andrew Barnett, Compact Design Ltd, Saltdean, Brighton, England
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