TY - JOUR
AU - Rusthton, Julian
AB - rarely are This is a successful per- in abundance on this record) is achieved formance, then, though not on the by style and tempo rather than sharp same level of originality against trad- pitch In the 'Italian' symphony ition that Nomngton's recording of the Mackerras is noticeably faster than A. B. AUBREY Ninth had led us to expect most conductors, so that the exception, the third movement, sounds curiously Felix Mendelssohn slow because the tempo is familiar ENGLISH AND SYMPHONY NO 4 IN A MAJOR 'ITALIAN' The acceleration in the outer move- CONTINENTAL TIMBER OVERTURE AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC TO A ments is marginal, but in the slow MERCHANTS MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM' (EXCERPTS) movement Mackerras for once observes Orchestra of the Age of Englighten- Mendelssohn's qualification (Andante ment, conducted by Sir Charles Mac- RARE HARDWOOD con moto), and at 5' 38" he clips a good kerras Virgin Classics VC 7 90725-2 A SPECIALITY minute off Beecham's time (some {issued 1988) conductors reach seven minutes) Pil- Julian Rushton SPECIALIST grims may be solemn, but there is no reason for them to be languid or IN BOXWOOD FOR This is a delightful record of wonderful gloomy, nor why Mendelssohn's tempo music, and 
TI - RECORDINGS
JF - Early Music
DO - 10.1093/earlyj/XVII.2.302
DA - 1989-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/recordings-p7jJdJCbBa
SP - 302
EP - 302
VL - XVII
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -