Mathieu, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn:
Concertino & Concertos

Release date: September 22, 2009
Composers : Mathieu, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn
Label: Analekta
Catalog number: AN 2 9283

On this recording are assembled three giants, two of whom, particularly precocious, were compared to Mozart in their day.

As well, a reunion of great performers: pianist Alain Lefèvre, violinist David Lefèvre, trumpeter Paul Archibald joined by the London Mozart Players led by Matthias Bamert. Recorded in London in Winter 2009, this album will delight the connoisseurs with never and rarely recorded works.

André Mathieu (1929 - 1968)
Concertino No 2., Op. 13
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Allegro
   Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
   Concerto for Piano No.1 in C Minor, Op. 35
4. Allegretto
5. Lento
6. Moderato
7. Allegro con brio : Presto
   Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
   Concerto for Piano and Violin in D Minor
8. Allegro
9. Adagio
10. Allegro molto