Composer of the Week - Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) - The Composer's Voice: Private Passions

_____________ This programme is truncated in iPlayer because of a fault. We apologise for the disappointment and any inconvenience caused. _____________ Donald Macleod considers how Mendelssohn took inspiration for his music from women, wine and the wild wonder of Fingal's Cave. With a strong romantic spirit, he composed works of great passion, often in the intimate world of chamber music. Part of Radio 3's Composers of the Year 2009 season. Rondo Capriccioso, Op 14 Murray Perahia (piano) CBS CD42401 CD1 t9 Hebrides Overture, Op 26 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Joseph Swensen (conductor) Linn CKD205 CD1 t1 Ersatz fur Unbestand (Two drinking songs) Lob der Trunkenheit Die Singphoniker CPO 999 091-2 CD1 t 9 and 21 Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 49 Isaac Stern (violin) Leonard Rose (cello) Eugene Istomin (piano) Sony Classical SMK64519 CD1 t 1-4.