The Story of Mendelssohn In Words And Music

We have almost all the CDs in this series. They are all just wonderful. The biographies of the various musicians are very well-told, and you're exposed to a great selection of their music. I know enough about classical music to say that the selections are not always the most "obvious," i.e., you won't hear just the "greatest hits" of Mendelssohn here. The selections are also quite brief, except for his beautiful Violin Concerto played in full at the end (a nice performance of that, as far as my ears can tell). The story is quite inspiring and sad--he lived a full, but short, life, and seemed to be a lovely sort of man. Our whole family likes this and indeed all of the dozen+ CDs we've got in this series.

This series of CDs is recommended by our homeschool curriculum for the music appreciation/history sections. They present interesting information mixed with selections of the composer's music. They are interesting to me, but not so much to my 12 year old. The music is well enough done, and the narrater is easily understood.

Will use this for Music Class!

It is fine. I listen to it every now and again. It works. It is very nice music. Good stuff.

It's great for kids and everybody.Lots of clasical music and info - there are 18 CD's:Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven etc..Buy it!