Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Volume 3 Choir Orchestral & Concertos CHANDOS SACD

Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Volume 3

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CHSA 5151

Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Volume 3

Running Time: 72:41

CD UPC: 0095115515129

Release Date: February 2015
Originally recorded in 2014

Composer (1809-1847)
Felix Mendelssohn

Choral
CBSO Chorus

Orchestra
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Conductor
Edward Gardner

Venue
Birmingham Town Hall

Producer
Brian Pidgeon

Engineer
Ralph Couzens

Engineer (Assistant)
Jonathan Cooper

Genre:
Choir
Orchestral & Concertos

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FELIX MENDELSSOHN

(1809-1847)

Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt, Op. 27

11:48

(Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage)

Concert Overture

Dem Kronprinzen von Preussen gewidmet (Friedrich Wilhelm IV.)

Meeresstille. Adagio -

4:05

Glückliche Fahrt. Molto allegro e vivace - Allegro maestoso

7:43

Symphony No. 2, Op. 52 'Hymn of Praise'

60:59

(Lobgesang)

in B flat major - in B-Dur - en si bémol majeur

A Symphony-Cantata on Words from Holy Scripture

for soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra

Seiner Majestät dem König von Sachsen ehrfurchtsvoll zugeeignet

Julian Wilkins organ

Sinfonia. Maestoso con moto - Allegro - Animato -

10:26

Allegretto un poco agitato -

5:58

Adagio religioso -

6:37

Allegro moderato maestoso - Chorus: 'All men, all things, all that has life and breath' - Animato

4:35

Allegro di molto, 'Praise the Lord with lute and harp' -

Molto più moderato ma con fuoco. Soprano I: 'Praise thou the Lord, O my spirit' -

2:00

Recitativo. Tenor: 'Sing ye praise, all ye redeemed of the Lord' -

0:51

Allegro moderato. Tenor: 'He counteth all your sorrows in the time of need' -

1:57

10.

Chorus. A tempo moderato. 'All ye that cried unto the Lord in distress and deep affliction' -

2:04

11.

Andante. Soprano I and II, with Chorus: 'I waited for the Lord, He inclined unto me' -

4:50

12.

Allegro un poco agitato. Tenor: 'The sorrows of death had closed all around me' -

1:43

13.

Allegro assai agitato -

2:39

Recitativo. Tenor: 'We called thro' the darkness' -

Lento. Tenor: '"Watchman, will the night soon pass?"' -

A tempo I moderato. Tenor: 'The watchman only said' - Lento -

Recitativo. Tenor: '"Watchman, will the night soon

pass?"' -

Recitativo. Tenor: '"Watchman, will the night soon

pass?"' -

Sostenuto. Soprano I: 'The night is departing!' - Lento -

14.

Allegro maestoso e molto vivace. Chorus: 'The night is departing' -

4:12

15.

Chorale. Andante con moto. 'Let all men praise the Lord' -

1:15

16.

Un poco più animato. 'Glory and praise to God' -

2:28

17.

Andante sostenuto assai. Tenor and Soprano I: 'My song shall be alway Thy mercy' -

3:58

18.

Final Chorus. Allegro non troppo. 'Ye Nations, offer to the Lord glory and might!' -

1:53

19.

Più vivace. 'O give thanks to the Lord' -

3:27

Maestoso come primo. 'All that has life and breath, sing to the Lord'

Total time: 73:01

Sophie Bevan soprano I

Mary Bevan soprano II

Benjamin Hulett tenor

Choral: CBSO Chorus

Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Edward Gardner

15 and 16 February 2014

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Reviews

“… Gardner and his singers locate the nobility in the music’s odd mish-mash of baroque and romantic elements, and let it speak without excess drama. The two sopranos and tenor mesh convincingly and the final chorus is genuinely moving…” ****

Brian Morton – Choir & Organ magazine – July/August 2015

"... Edward Gardner has a special understanding of Mendelssohn; his approach both to this Symphony and the Overture is sympathetic and very perceptive."

Antony Hodgson - ClassicalSource.com - July 2015

**** (Excellent Album)

Giuseppe Rossi – Musica magazine (Italy) – June 2015

“… both the orchestra and chorus are superb here – and beautifully recorded. Soloists are fine …”

Donald Vroon – American Record Guide – May/June 2015

***** (Superb album)

Jérône Bastianelli - Diapason magazine (France) - May 2015

“… exquisite solo singing from the sopranos Sophie and Mary Bevan and the tenor Benjamin Hulett in the finale to Mendelssohn’s homage to Beethoven’s Choral Symphony.”

Hugh Canning – The Sunday Times (Culture magazine) – 5 April 2015

Recording of the Month

"The whole disc is a rare pleasure; spoil yourself."

Gwyn Parry-Jones - MusicWeb-International.com - 27 February 2015

" Gardner conjures up something akin to a serenely unruffled Turner seascape coaxing a sonorous luminosity from the splendid CBSO strings Indeed, the radiance and natural perspectives of Chandos’s engineering capture the stasis of the passage in a way that’s utterly mesmerizing in its effect, abetted in part by the warm acoustics of Birmingham Town Hall This is in very sense an unreservedly absorbing account, exceptionally well played and directed with admirable facility and understanding by Gardner. I’d go as far as to say that I’d happily pay he price of this new SACD just to acquire this unusually touching and masterful performance of Meeresstille und glückliche Fährt ..."

Michael Jameson - International Record Review - March 2015

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