Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Michael Schade, Christiane Karg, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Christina Landhamer
Orchestra: Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMC902151
Release: 2014
Size: 600 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 ‘Lobgesang’
01. Sinfonia: I. Maestoso con moto
02. Sinfonia: II. Allegretto un poco agitato
03. Sinfonia: III. Adagio religioso
04. Alles was Odem hat – Lobe den Herr, meine Seele
05. Saget es, die ihr erlöset seid durch den Herrn – Er zählet unsre Tränen in der Zeit der Not
06. Saget es, die ihr erlöset seid
07. Ich harrete des Herrn
08. Stricke des Todes hatten uns umfangen
09. Die Nacht ist vergangen
10. Nun danket alle Gott – Lob, Ehr’ und Preis sei Gott
11. Drum sing ich mit meinem Liede ewig dein Lob
12. Ihr Völker, bringet her dem Herrn Ehre und Macht
The ‘Lobgesang’ (or ‘Hymn of Praise’) was commissioned by the city of Leipzig from its Kapellmeister Mendelssohn to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the invention of printing in 1840, and has elements of the symphony, cantata and oratorio. But, at the opposite pole from Beethoven’s Ninth, we have here a symphonic miniature in three movements, intended to act as the overture to the sung part of the work, which is twice as long. Thus this splendid ‘Symphony-Cantata’ expands into a sweeping vocal and choral epic.