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Felix Mendelssohn child prodigy portrait

2. A true prodigy

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy came from a wealthy Hamburg family who mixed with many of Germany’s leading artists and musicians. A frighteningly clever child prodigy, the young Felix excelled as a painter, poet, athlete, linguist and musician.

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new releases 19th June

New releases: Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Mendelssohn and Mario Venzago conducts Schubert

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New releases 21st Aug

New releases: Isabelle Faust plays Mendelssohn & Antonio Meneses plays Tchaikovsky, Schumann and Saint-Saens

New releases 13th Feb

New Releases: LSO plays Mendelssohn and the latest album from Riccardo Chailly

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6th New Releases

New Releases: Tchaikovsky with the LPO and Pollini plays Chopin

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How To Buy Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Mendelssohn: Genius In The Genes?

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Discovering Mendelssohn

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