Symphony No. 4 Op. 90 "Italian" / Overture Op. 101 "Trumpet Overture"

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Narodowej & Stanisław Wisłocki

Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 ('Italian'), together with the Trumpet Overture, Op. 101, form a pairing of orchestral works by Felix Mendelssohn, with the Italian Symphony completed in 1833 and the overture dating from the 1840s. The Italian Symphony features sunlit melodies, buoyant rhythms and vivid orchestral colours born of Mendelssohn's Italian impressions, while the Trumpet Overture foregrounds bright fanfares and concise ceremonial gestures; together they exemplify his approach to Romantic orchestral form and reflect his place in early 19th-century symphonic development.