Title: Probably the Last Mendelssohn Symphonies I'll Buy
Product review: This is probably the last set of complete Mendelssohn Symphonies I'll buy. Why, you ask? Simply because this set is so good that I don't see the need to get another. Abbado has a great sense of Mendelssohn's "sound", his tempos (actually "tempi" for real Italian speakers) are spot on, and the LSO responds to him perfectly. Combine that with the fact that England was as good as Mendelssohn's second home during his lifetime, giving British orchestras a position of authenticity for Mendelssohn's music similar to the Wiener Philharmoniker's regarding Beethoven or Mozart, and I just don't see any need for me to spend money on another set that, after this one, would be surperfluous.
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