For the first time this celebrated concerto will now appear in a source-critical edition. Ullrich Scheideler depicts how the work evolved, describes its sources, and comments on the musical text. The well-known violinist Igor Ozim has marked up Mendelssohn’s approved violin part, adding fingering and bowing marks as an aid to today’s performers. He has also supplied a separate commentary showing that Mendelssohn’s autograph already contains useful suggestions for shaping the solo part. The piano reduction – a revised version of the one that accompanied the first edition – lies well under the fingers while remaining as faithful as possible to the original text.

For violin and orchestra (piano reduction).

Editor: Henri Schradieck

Performed by Geoffrey Applegate, violin

Accompaniment: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Franz Litschauer

Felix Mendelssohn worked on this concerto for six years. It is truly one of the most beautiful and popular in concerto literature eloquent, passionate, lofty, and brilliant. A romantic-era classic of epic proportions. This new version with online audio of one of MMO’s most popular editions features an urtext score with orchestral reduction. The accompanying audio is accessed through Hal Leonard’s popular MyLibrary system using the provided code. The audio can be streamed or downloaded and includes PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.

The Eulenburg Audio+Score Series covers more than 200 years of the world’s favorite classical music. Each of the 50 volumes consists of a clearly-presented and authoritative musical score, an informative preface detailing the biographical and creative background, and a Naxos CD containing the work in full length. Eulenburg Audio+Score is the new way to hear, read, and understand music for everyone from the casual music lover to the expert enthusiast. Each volume includes a study score of the music with an informative article and a CD with a complete recording of the featured piece.