Nikos Athinaos: Ignaz Moscheles Symphony in C Major

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Ignaz Moscheles - Symphony in C Major (1828)
Engraving of Ignaz Moscheles
Engraving of Ignaz Moscheles (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Conducted by Nikos Athinaos with the Brandenburg State Orchestra of Frankfurt.

I. Adagio non troppo - Allegro - 00:00
II. Adagio - 14:31
III. Scherzo - Allegro Con Fuoco - 20:21
IV. Adagio - Allegro Vivace - 25:47



This is a family the like of which I have never known. Felix, a boy of fifteen is a phenomenon. What are all prodigies compared with him? ...He is already a mature artist. His elder sister Fanny is also extraordinarily gifted.A couple of weeks later, he wrote:


Thus began a relationship of extraordinary intensity which lasted throughout and beyond Mendelssohn's life (he died in 1847). Moscheles was a major instrument in bringing Felix to London for the first time in 1829 - Abraham entrusted Felix to his care for this visit. Moscheles had carefully prepared for it. In London, apart from becoming a regular successful performer and a musical adviser for the soirées of the Rothschilds, he had become an invaluable aid for Sir George Smart and the Royal Philharmonic Society, advising them of the talents of European musicians he encountered on his own concert-tours. When Smart himself toured Europe in 1825 looking for new music and musicians for the Society, Moscheles furnished Smart with a list of contacts and letters of introduction, including both Beethoven and Mendelssohn. (In Prague, Moscheles's brother acted as Smart's guide). Smart visited the Mendelssohns in Berlin and was impressed with both Felix and Fanny. This eventually led to Mendelssohn's invitation to conduct at the Society on his 1829 visit.

