For those unaware, taking inspiration from his predecessors in the German tradition, Mendelssohn polished his counterpoint, and practiced the fugue - as Mozart had done before him on discovering Bach - and the concerto.

We discover a young composer well versed in Baroque and Classical forms, which he embellished with his own sparkling charm.

This album is also an opportunity to discover some of Mendelssohn’s lesser-known works, including the note-worthy Salve Regina sung by the soprano Monica Piccinini, several solitary fugues, a Largo and Allegro for piano and strings and a Concerto for violin and string orchestra in D minor.

“This is a profound work,” says Fabio Biondi about his new album, Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Various Works, who also plays the violin solo here, “with a rich orchestral part, which does not merely accompany the soloist, but is also fully engaged in all its sections, and a particularly interesting violin part. It conveys a constant good humor, in a huge kaleidoscope of formulations, while always retaining its formal construction.”

1. Sinfonia In D Major MWV No2 - 1 Allegro
2. Sinfonia In D Major MWV No2 - 2 Andante
3. Sinfonia In D Major MWV No2 - 3 Allegro Vivace
4. Concerto For Violin In D Minor MWV 03 - 1 Allegro
5. Concerto For Violin In D Minor MWV 03 - 2 Andante - Allegro
6. Concerto For Violin In D Minor MWV 03 - 3 Allegro
7. Salve Regina In B Flat MWV C2
8. Fuga For String Quartet In E Flat
9. Strings Symphony In B Flat MWV No5 - 1 Allegro Vivace
10. Strings Symphony In B Flat MWV No5 - 2 Andante - Presto
11. Strings Symphony In B Flat MWV No5 - 2 Presto
12. Largo And Allegro In D Minor
13. Fuga A Tre In G Minor
14. Fuga A Tre In D Minor

This divinely ornate and wholly invested new album opens on the flourishing Allegro of Sinfonia In D Major MWV No2 and then brings us the almost stoic Andante, culminating in the joyous embellishments within Allegro Vivace, before we are into the Concerto For Violin In D Minor MWV 03 series, with the upbeat and perky Allegro leading the way, and then we get the moderate wane of the Andante - Allegro, it all coming to a close on the super lively Allegro.

The vocalized Salve Regina In B Flat MWV C2 is just a most beautiful work of musical art and is backed seamlessly by the ornately crafted, stirring Fuga For String Quartet In E Flat and then we get brought forth the Strings Symphony In B Flat MWV No5 - 1 series, with the cheerfully jaunty Allegro Vivace leading the way, then comes mid-tempo yearn of the Andante - Presto, the work closing on pulsatingly orchestrated Presto.

This new collection culminates with the, at times, stern, but moreover elegantly cinematic notations within Largo And Allegro In D Minor, closing on the aching longing found within Fuga A Tre In G Minor, and the veritable buoyancy of Fuga A Tre In D Minor.

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