Symphonies No. 3 "Scottish" & No. 4 "Italian"

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & London Philharmonic Orchestra & Semyon Bychkov

Symphonies No. 3 "Scottish" and No. 4 "Italian" are orchestral symphonies by Felix Mendelssohn, completed in 1842 and 1833 respectively. They illustrate Mendelssohn's early Romantic approach—blending Classical forms with vivid orchestration and programme-inspired national character, with the Italian showing bright, rhythmic vivacity and the Scottish exhibiting a darker, more introspective harmonic and modal palette that marks a move toward greater expressive depth in his orchestral writing.

Symphonies No. 3 "Scottish" & No. 4 "Italian" by Mendelssohn - album cover

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Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish": I. Andante con moto – Allegro un poco agitato – Assai animato – Andante come I.
14:22
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Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish": II. Vivace non troppo
4:19
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Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish": III. Adagio
11:37
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Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish": IV. Allegro vivacissimo – Allegro maestoso assai
9:50
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Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90 "Italian": I. Allegro vivace
10:18
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Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90 "Italian": II. Andante con moto
6:10
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Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90 "Italian": III. Con moto moderato
7:08
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Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90 "Italian": IV. Saltarello. Presto
5:18