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Spirited Mendelssohn without frills from the English Chamber Orchestra

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“Mendelssohn’s proto-Midsummer Night’s Dream Scherzo had a light touch, taken at an energetic lick”
Reviewed at Beckenham Place Mansion, Beckenham on 27 September 2020
Borodin, String Sextet in D minor, Op posth
Mendelssohn, String Octet in E flat major, Op.20
English Chamber Orchestra
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