Mendelssohn: Concerto in E major for Two Pianos and Orchestra

“Genova and Dimitrov indulge the music's glowing lyrical impulse whilst retaining a Mozartian deftness that is perfectly in tune with the music's gentle musings. Ulf Schirmer keeps his Munich players well on their collective toes, highlighted by some magical woodwind playing en route, and the recording combines detail and warmth to perfection.” Classic FM Magazine, February 2011 ****

“[On the original release] a winning soloist [Isabelle van Keulen] with a soft tone like the finest-spun silk – plus strength to match, when required” Gramophone Magazine

“Mendelssohn was 14 when he completed his first two-piano Concerto in E major, and still only 15 when he followed it with a considerably longer (rather too long) and more ambitious second in A flat. And it's to the great credit of Benjamin Frith and Hugh Tinney that without a score at hand, you would be hard-pressed to guess who was playing what.
You'll be as impressed by their attunement of phrasing in lyrical contexts as by their synchronisation in all the brilliant semiquaver passagework in which both works abound. Their uninhibited enjoyment of the imitative audacities of the later work's finale is a real tour de force.
Under Prionnsías O'Duinn the RTE Sinfonietta plays with sufficient relish to allow you to forget that the recording is perhaps just a little too close. In short, a not-to-be-missed opportunity to explore the young Mendelssohn at bargain price.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010

“To the great credit of Benjamin Frith and Hugh Tinney that without score in hand, you would be hard pressed to guess who was playing what. In short, a not-to-be-missed opportunity to explore the precocious young Mendelssohn at super-bargain price.” Gramophone Magazine