"utterly delightful" and thanked Menuhin for bringing the manuscript to the world's attention. Menuhin himself loved the concerto and thought Mendelssohn was probably quite proud of it. He also found points of similarity with the later E minor Concerto. He said: "Both are in minor, in a somewhat tumultuous mood: The written out cadenzas, of the second and third movements; a long solo passage of short notes in the last movement reminiscent of the passage of the third of the E minor which ushers in the recapitulation... "The Concerto in D minor is full of invention and not in any way inhibited by too-strict traditional concepts. It exhibits, in fact, a remarkable freedom and elasticity of form. There is, for instance, a condensation and amplification with Schubertarian modulations of the exposition in the recapitulation for the first movement, and also a completely spontaneous treatment of the third." However the concerto has not established itself as a staple of the violin repertory, as has the E minor Concerto. Recordings Marat Bisengaliev (violin), Andrew Penny (conductor), Royal Northern Sinfonia (1996), Naxos 8.553844 (1998) Angèle Dubeau (violin), Joseph Rescigno (conductor), Orchestre Métropolitain (Montréal) (1997), FL 2 3098 (??) Sergej Krylov (violin), V. Czarnacki (conductor), Southwest German Chamber Orchestra (Pforzheim), recorded 1996, AG 69 Alberto Lysy (violin), Camerata Lysy (Gstaad), 1999, Claves 509213 Gidon Kremer (violin), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (1989) Deutsche Grammophon Viktoria Mullova (violin), Neville Marriner (conductor), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, recorded 1990, Philips 432-077-2 Mayumi Seiler (violin), Richard Hickox (conductor), City of London Sinfonia, recorded 1991, VCL 2-61504 Liviu Prunaru (violin), Concertgebouw Kammerorchester, Avrotros Klassiek, 2016 Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Lev Markiz (conductor), Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam, recorded 1995, BIS CD-935 Kyoko Takezawa (violin), Bamberg Symphony, Claus Peter Flor (conductor), 1994 Alina Ibragimova (violin), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor), 2011 Sources Humphrey Burton. "Yehudi Menuhin - A Life". Northeastern University Press. 2000. Edition Peters. "Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in D Minor". Edited by Yehudi Menuhin. 1952. External links Violin and strings Compositions for string orchestra 1822 compositions Compositions in D minor