Lina Tur Bonet, concertmaster of Jordi Savall’s Le Concert des Nations, has repeatedly demonstrated her curiosity for rare or long-lost scores. This new recording, devoted to the parallel paths of the Mendelssohn siblings, is no exception.

On one side: Felix Mendelssohn, the celebrated prodigy who, at the age of thirteen, composed his Violin Concerto in D minor. Lina Tur Bonet has unearthed the original, previously unpublished version of the work, and presents it here in a world premiere alongside the final version. Her fiery playing brings out the extraordinary creative energy that Felix would continue to cultivate throughout his life.

On the other side: Fanny Mendelssohn, a prodigy constrained by her time, was one of the first women to compose a string quartet. At twenty-nine, she boldly embraced this most serious of genres, displaying remarkable freedom and formal audacity. Her music flows with raw expressiveness – by turns tender, anxious, or impassioned – which Lina Tur Bonet captures vividly alongside the Toulouse Chamber Orchestra.