Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2, "Lobgesang"

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
July 31, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MENDELSSOHN, FELIX
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Seattle Symphony & Chorale
    • PERFORMER
      Chalker, Rivera, Cole, Sparks Schwarz
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 31, 2012
    • UPC
      747313120970
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8571209
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Sinfonia: Maestoso con moto - Allegro - Maestoso con moto come I

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    2. I. Allegretto un poco agitato -

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    3. I. Adagio religioso

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    4. II. Alles was Odem hat (Chorus) - Lobe den Herrn meine Seele (Soprano, Chorus)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony

      Performer: Margaret Chalker

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    5. III. Recitative: Saget es, die ihr erlost seid - Er zahlet unsre Tranen (Tenor)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Performer: Vinson Cole

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    6. IV. Sagt es, die ihr erloset seid (Chorus)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    7. V. Ich harrete des Herrn (2 Sopranos, Chorus)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony

      Performer: Margaret Chalker, Madeline Rivera

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    8. VI. Stricke des Todes hatten uns umfangen (Tenor) - Wir riefen in der Finsternis (Tenor) - Die Nacht ist vergangen (Soprano)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Performer: Margaret Chalker, Vinson Cole

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    9. VII. Die Nacht ist vergangen (Chorus)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    10. VIII. Chorale: Nun danket alle Gott (Chorus)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    11. IX. Drum sing' ich mit meinem Liede (Soprano, Tenor)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Performer: Margaret Chalker, Vinson Cole

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    12. X. Ihr Volker! bringet her dem Herrn (Chorus)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz


Mendelssohn wrote his Second Symphony or Lobgesang ('Hymn of Praise') in 1840, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Gutenberg's invention of movable type. This symphony-cantata, as the composer termed it, is duly permeated with a rich and often jubilant spirit, and patterned after Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in it's solo vocal and large choral forces. The rich orchestral palette is supplemented by thrilling and expressive vocal writing, which includes solos and duets of great beauty, and culminates in a blazing fugal ending.