Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies; 7 Overtures
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Composer: Felix MendelssohnConductor: Claudio Abbado
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Elizabeth Connell
Performer: Karita Mattila
Performer: Hans Peter Blochwitz
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2002-05-14
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- 1. Allegro molto
- 2. Andante
- 3. Menuetto. Allegro molto
- 4. Allegro con fuoco
- Scherzo in G minor
- 1. Sinfonia: Maestoso con moto - Allegro - Maestoso con moto come I.
- 1. Sinfonia: Allegretto un poco agitato
- 1. Sinfonia: Adagio religioso
- 2. Allegro moderato maestoso - Allegro di molto: "Alles, was Odem hat, lobe den Herrn"
- 2. Molto pi? moderato ma con fuoco: "Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele"
- 3. Recitativo: "Saget es, die ihr erl?set seid durch den Herrn"
- 3. Allegro moderato: "Er z?hlet unsre Tr?nen in der Zeit der Not"
- 4. Chor. A tempo moderato: "Sagt es, die ihr erl?set seid"
- 5. Andante: "Ich harrete des Herrn"
- 6. Allegro un poco agitato - Allegro assai agitato - Tempo 1 moderato: "Stricke des Todes hatten un
- 7. Allegro maestoso e molto vivace: "Die Nacht ist vergangen"
- 8. Choral. Andante con moto - Un poco pi? animato: "Nun danket alle Gott"
- 9. Andante sostenuto assai: "Drum sing' ich mit meinem Liede ewig dein Lob"
- 10. Allegro non troppo - Pi? vivace - Maestoso com 1: "Ihr V?lker, bringet her dem Herrn Ehre und M
- 1. Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato
- 2. Vivace non troppo
- 3. Adagio
- 4. Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso assai
- 1. Allegro vivace
- 2. Andante con moto
- 3. Con moto moderato
- 4. Saltarello. Presto
- 1. Andante - Allegro con fuoco
- 2. Allegro vivace
- 3. Andante
- 4. Chorale "Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott" Andante con moto - Allegro maestoso
Music reviews of Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies; 7 Overtures
Music Review: The best complete Mendelssohn symphonies I've found.
Rating: 5 Stars
I've waited for years to buy a complete set of Mendelssohn symphonies and having listened to a less-than-ideal rendition of the "Lobgesang" recently, I decided it was time. I'm either glad I waited or wish I'd bought this recording ages ago, though I doubt such a bargain was available then -- this is wonderful Mendelssohn and the inclusion of the overtures and the scherzo from the Octet op. 20 in the composer's own orchestration (written as an alternate scherzo for his first symphony) is an intriguing and delightful inclusion.
Abbado seems to choose just the right tempi (perhaps a bit slower in places than, say, Gardiner and certainly slower than Toscanini) and he slightly slows the music or speeds it up at just the right places where such emphases are needed. As expected, the London Symphony's sound is beautifully rich and warm, but Mendelssohn's counterpoint such as the woodwind suspensions in the introduction of no. 2 and the tossing around of the counter themes in the fugal passages of no. 4's Saltarello are brought to the fore in ways I've never heard in other recordings or in live performances. I especially appreciate Abbado's approach to no. 5: He takes the composer at his word and conducts the musical representation of Protestantism's early struggle (and mystery and beauty exemplified in the Dresden Amen) by giving its first movement the powerful reading it deserves. Martin Luther would be proud.
I must advocate a bit for the symphony no. 2. So often with symphonic/choral works (as opposed to expressly and primarily vocal works such as operas), performances and recordings feature second-rate performers and half-hearted renditions. It's a Catch-22 because such performances sustain the music's lack of popularity, as if the increased forces (and their financial obligation) dictate their musical worth. Mendelssohn's 2nd is another very fine work relegated to neglect for these same reasons and it's unfortunate that only in a complete symphonies compilation will its beauties be appreciated. However, Abbado and the LSO make a great case -- the singing is superlative both by the soloists and the chorale and one can hear THE ORGAN!
I highly recommend this recording.
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