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Great Composers in Words & Music: Mendelssohn

ALBUM NAME

Great Composers in Words & Music: Mendelssohn

℗ 2023 Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd

RELEASE DATE

November 24, 2023

TRACK

DURATION

1:10:50

ALBUM ARTIST

Various Artists

Album TRACKS

Ten Years After the Premiere of St Paul, Mendelssohn Turned His Attention Once Again to the Genre of the Oratorio: the Result Was Elijah...

2:6

Mendelssohn Died on the 4th of November 1847 Following a Series of Strokes

3:37

At the Home of a Wealthy Mine Owner in North Wales, the Next Stop in His Tour, Mendelssohn First Contemplated a Large-Scale Orchestral Work Now Known as the Reformation Symphony

4:49

The Success of Mendelssohn's Directorship of the D체sseldorf Festival - to One Commentator, ''the Greatest Public Success That He Had Yet Had in Germany' - Led to a Three-Year Appointment as Director of Music in the City

5:19

Roughly One Month Earlier, the 9th of September 1836, Mendelssohn Had Become Engaged to C챕cile Jeanrenaud...

2:58

The Second Opportunity to Present Itself on Mendelssohn's Return to Berlin, Following His European Tour, Was the Directorship of the 15th Niederrheinisches Musikfest...

2:8

The Next Few Years in Leipzig Witnessed the Completion of Mendelssohn's String Quartets Op. 44, His Piano Trio in D Minor, the Overture 'Ruy Blas'...

3:30

It Is Easy to Forget That, While Mendelssohn Was Most Famous During His Lifetime as a Composer, Conductor and virtuoso pianist, His Skills Extended to the Organ

3:11

The Period also Witnessed the Inensification of Mendelssohn's Historical Interest in Earlier Styles, Particularly Sacred Vocal Music

3:10

1829 Saw the Beginning of Mendelssohn's Grand Tour of Europe, a Series of Excursions That Took the Composer North to Scotland and South to Italy, Both Countries Providing Inspiration for Symphonies He Would Go On to Write

2:31

By His Early Teens, Mendelssohn Had Already Acquired an Impressive Portfolio of Musical Compositions Across a Range of Genres: Chamber Music, Psalm Settings, String Sinfonias and Keyboard Works

5:40

An extract from Mendelssohn's piano collection Kinderst체cke (Children's Pieces), published after the composer's death in 1847

2:57

Der Onkel aus Boston (The Uncle from Boston), a three-act dramatic work by Felix Mendelssohn, begun in May 1822 and completed in November 1823

6:59

Hear My Prayer, a Short Standalone Piece of Sacred Choral Music Also Composed in 1844, Cannot Be Described as a Masterpiece

1:2

Felix Mendelssohn

Motets (3) for female chorus & organ, Op. 39 No. 1. Veni, Domine (Hear My Prayer, O Lord) [excerpt]

Felix Mendelssohn

Est time in G minor/A major [excerpt]

2:22

Felix Mendelssohn

Paul, Op. 36 How Lovely Are the Messengers (Sung in English) [excerpt]

1:41

Felix Mendelssohn

Children's piece, for piano in G major, Op. 72/1 Sechs Kinderst체cke, Op. 72 (Six Children's Pieces) - No. 1. Allegro non troppo

Introduction

Felix Mendelssohn

Elijah, Op.70 Part II, No. 42. Alsdann wird euer Licht hervorbrechen (And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth [excerpt]

Felix Mendelssohn

Organ Sonata No. 2 in C minor/C major, Op. 65/2 II. Allegro maestoso e vivace [excerpt]

1:5

Felix Mendelssohn

Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20 III. Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo [excerpt]

1:0

Felix Mendelssohn

Song Without Words for piano No. 28 in G major, Op. 62/4 Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 5, Op. 62 - No. 28 in G major, Op. 62, No. 4

1:26

Felix Mendelssohn

Hear My Prayer in G major [excerpt]

1:28

Felix Mendelssohn

Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 Italian IV. Saltarello: Presto [excerpt]

1:8

Felix Mendelssohn

Overture for orchestra in C major "Trumpet", Op. 101 [excerpt]

Felix Mendelssohn

A Midsummer Night's Dream, overture, Op. 21 Overture [excerpt]

1:35

Felix Mendelssohn

The uncle from Boston Act I: Overture [excerpt]

1:14

Felix Mendelssohn

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 III. Allegro molto vivace [excerpt]

1:9

Felix Mendelssohn

The Hebrides in B minor, Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave" [excerpt]

1:6

Felix Mendelssohn

Song for my good father's birthday Lied zum Geburtstag meines guten Vaters

1:12

ALBUM ARTISTS

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Orchestra

Anthony Bramall

Conductor

Auer Quartet

String Quartet

Benjamin Frith

Piano

Felix Mendelssohn

composer

Frieder Bernius

Conductor

Helmuth Rilling

Conductor

Jun Markl

Conductor

Kenneth Jean

Conductor

Kodály Quartet

String Quartet

Laura Hicks

Soprano (Vocal)

Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir

Choir/Chorus

Leighton Pugh

Narrator

Malcolm Martineau

Piano

MDR Leipzig Radio Chorus

Choir/Chorus

Members of MDR Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

Orchestra

Neville Marriner

Conductor

Oliver von Dohnanyi

Conductor

Peter Holder

Organ

Péter Nagy

Piano

Reinhard Seifried

Conductor

Robin Tritschler

Tenor (Vocal)

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra

Sonntraud Engels-Benz

Organ

St. Albans Abbey Girls Choir

Choir/Chorus

Stephen Tharp

Organ

Stuttgart Bach Collegium

Orchestra

Stuttgart Soloists

Vocal Ensemble

Takako Nishizaki

Violin

Tom Winpenny

Conductor

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