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This 40 CD set includes all Mendelssohn's major orchestral works, including the 5 symphonies, the violin concerto in E minor, the music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Elijah, the First Piano Trio, Octet, Songs Without Words and a selection of his lieder. Also included are the early concertos, both mature piano concertos, the string symphonies, the oratorio "Paulus", all the sonatas, trios, string quartets and chamber music, motets, cantatas, Psalm settings - providing the listener with probably the most comprehensive collection of Mendelssohn's music ever compiled. Recordings include such artists as: Franz Bruggen, Edo de Waart, Arnold Ostman, Helmut Rilling, Christine Schafer, Christoph Eschenback, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Michael Schlade and Wolfgang Schone. All sung texts and notes are included on a CD-ROM.