German composer Felix Mendelssohn died on this day in 1847.
Mendelssohn’s signature works include his overture and incidental music from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, his Italian and Scottish Symphonies, his string octet – and his celebrated Violin Concerto in E Minor.
ANNE SOHPIE-MUTTER | MENDELSSOHN VIOLIN CONCERTO | KURT MASUR & GEWANDHAUSORCHESTER LEIPIZIG | 2009