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Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: Choral Works / Temple, London Mozart Players

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Details

Composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Artist
Julia Doyle, Jess Dandy, Mark Le Brocq, Ashley Riches, London Mozart Pla
Format
SACD
Label
Chandos
Released
Jan 01, 2024
Catalog #
CHSA 5318
UPC
095115531822

About

David Temple conducts the Crouch End Festival Chorus and London Mozart Players with a formidable group of soloists on this album celebrating the works of the siblings Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny Hensel (nee Mendelssohn). Fanny’s cantata Hiob, based on the Book of Job, is the second of three cantatas composed between February and November 1831, although it remained unpublished until 1992. Later in her short career, encouraged by her brother and her friend Robert von Keudell, Fanny did begin to publish her works. The Gartenlieder, Op. 3 for unaccompanied choir were composed in 1846, and inspired by the gardens and summerhouse at the family’s Leipzigerstraße residence, in Berlin, where she held her choir rehearsals. Mendelssohn’s Die erste Walpurgisnacht is a secular cantata, a setting of the poem by Goethe, originally performed in 1831. Mendelssohn revised the work extensively in 1843, and it is this later version that is performed here. His Christmas cantata Vom Himmel hoch, based on a Lutheran chorale, was completed in 1831.

Tracklist 26 tracks

  1. 1 I. Chorus: Vom Himmel hoch 05:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Chorus: Vom Himmel hoch
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Julia Doyle, Ashley Riches
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple
  2. 2 II. Aria: Es ist der Her Christ, unser Gott 02:11
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Aria: Es ist der Her Christ, unser Gott
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Julia Doyle, Ashley Riches
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple
  3. 3 III. Choral: Er bringt euch alle Seligkeit 00:38
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Choral: Er bringt euch alle Seligkeit
    Duration
    00:38
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Julia Doyle, Ashley Riches
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple
  4. 4 IV. Aria: Sei willekomm, du elder Gast 03:25
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Aria: Sei willekomm, du elder Gast
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Julia Doyle, Ashley Riches
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple
  5. 5 V. Arioso: Das also hat gefallen dir 00:54
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Arioso: Das also hat gefallen dir
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Julia Doyle, Ashley Riches
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple
  6. 6 VI. Schlußchor: Lob, Ehr sei Gott im höchsten Thron 01:44
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Schlußchor: Lob, Ehr sei Gott im höchsten Thron
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Julia Doyle, Ashley Riches
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple
  7. 7 Was ist ein Mensch, dass du ihn gross achtest? (Choir) 04:22
    Track
    7
    Title
    Was ist ein Mensch, dass du ihn gross achtest? (Choir)
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple
  8. 8 Arioso: Warum vrbirgest du dein Antlitz? 03:01
    Track
    8
    Title
    Arioso: Warum vrbirgest du dein Antlitz?
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple
  9. 9 Leben und Wohltat hast du mir getan (Choir) 04:12
    Track
    9
    Title
    Leben und Wohltat hast du mir getan (Choir)
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple
  10. 10 No. 1. Hörst du nicht die Bäume rauchen, 02:14
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 1. Hörst du nicht die Bäume rauchen,
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus
    Conductor
    David Temple
  11. 11 No. 2. Schöne Fremde 02:30
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 2. Schöne Fremde
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus
    Conductor
    David Temple
  12. 12 No. 3. Im Herbste III 01:49
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 3. Im Herbste III
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus
    Conductor
    David Temple
  13. 13 No. 4. Morgengruß 02:15
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 4. Morgengruß
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus
    Conductor
    David Temple
  14. 14 No. 5. Abendlich schon rauscht der Wald 02:15
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 5. Abendlich schon rauscht der Wald
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus
    Conductor
    David Temple
  15. 15 No. 6. Im Wald 02:35
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 6. Im Wald
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus
    Conductor
    David Temple
  16. 16 Ouverture 07:27
    Track
    16
    Title
    Ouverture
    Duration
    07:27
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple
  17. 17 Der Ubergang zum Fruhling 01:37
    Track
    17
    Title
    Der Ubergang zum Fruhling
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple
  18. 18 Es lacht der Mai (Tenor, Chorus) 04:14
    Track
    18
    Title
    Es lacht der Mai (Tenor, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Mark Le Brocq
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple
  19. 19 Konnt ihr so verwegen handeln (Alto, Female Chorus) 02:13
    Track
    19
    Title
    Konnt ihr so verwegen handeln (Alto, Female Chorus)
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Jess Dandy
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple
  20. 20 Wer Opfer heut' zu bringen scheut (Baritone, Chorus) 01:57
    Track
    20
    Title
    Wer Opfer heut' zu bringen scheut (Baritone, Chorus)
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Ashley Riches
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple
  21. 21 Verteit euch, wack're Manner, hier (Male Chorus) 01:42
    Track
    21
    Title
    Verteit euch, wack're Manner, hier (Male Chorus)
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple
  22. 22 Recitative: Diese dumpfen Pfaffenchristen (Bass, Male Chorus) 02:10
    Track
    22
    Title
    Recitative: Diese dumpfen Pfaffenchristen (Bass, Male Chorus)
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Ashley Riches
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple
  23. 23 Kommt mit Zacken und mit Gabeln (Chorus) 04:22
    Track
    23
    Title
    Kommt mit Zacken und mit Gabeln (Chorus)
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple
  24. 24 So weit gebracht, dass wir bei Nacht (Baritone, Chorus) 03:04
    Track
    24
    Title
    So weit gebracht, dass wir bei Nacht (Baritone, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Ashley Riches
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple
  25. 25 Hilf, ach hilf mir, Kriegsgeselle (Tenor, Male Chorus) 01:06
    Track
    25
    Title
    Hilf, ach hilf mir, Kriegsgeselle (Tenor, Male Chorus)
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple
  26. 26 Die Flamme reinigt sich vom Rauch (Baritone, Chorus) 02:33
    Track
    26
    Title
    Die Flamme reinigt sich vom Rauch (Baritone, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Ashley Riches
    Ensemble
    Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    David Temple