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Review title: Not a great Mendelssohn 5 "Reformation"
Product review: NOTE: This review doesn't apply to the Franck D minor that is on the same disc. My main gripes with this performance of the Mendelssohn are that:1) The brass section has an intonation problem. I thought it was especially noticeable at the unison part in the very beginning of the first movement. They aren't horribly out of tune, but enough that it really bothers me.2) The tempo of the third movement is too fast.3) The whole performance, especially that of the restatement of the hymn at the very end of the fourth movement, is too sterile and clinical.Skip this recording and look for the one by Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony. The CD cover has a picture of a butterfly on it. The Munch performance is quite a bit more emotional, and although there seems to be a change to the trumpet part at the end (it ends on the tonic in the Munch instead of the median like in the printed score) it is quite good. I also feel the Munch is better than the Paray.
