Olivier Charlier: Mendelssohn Violin Concerto 1 in D Minor

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Lawrence Foster, conductor, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo

Concerto for Violin and Strings (Mendelssohn)
This work, "rediscovered" in 1951 by Yehudi Menuhin, is also known as the Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in D minor, and as Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto No. 1 (the E minor concerto alternately known as Violin Concerto No. 2)

The Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in D minor was composed by Felix Mendelssohn at the age of thirteen. It has three movements, Allegro–Andante–Allegro, and performance duration is approximately 22 minutes. It has been widely recorded, and is alternately known as Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto No. 1 (with the renowned work in E minor alternately known as Violin Concerto No. 2).
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