Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 4 "Italian"

Dramatic and harmonically adventurous, Mendelssohn's First Symphony is presented here in an exceptionally unique format, with both the original and revised versions of the third movement. The Fourth Symphony is inspired by the sights, sounds and atmosphere of Italy and is among the best loved of all the composer's works; Mendelssohn describing it as 'the jolliest piece I've written so far'.