in Choir & Organ (Jan, 2018)
This work isn’t now usually listed among the symphonies. It was only given its symphonic designation after Mendelssohn’s death and sheds it rather easily. It is, instead, a magnificent cantata with symphonic introduction that builds to the great F chorale of ‘Nun danket alle Gott’. Written for Leipzig to mark the 400th anniversary of Gutenberg’s printing press, it is above all a passionate celebration of Holy Writ and this SACD recording – the last in Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Mendelssohn cycle – allows the text to be heard distinctly in every movement. My instinct is that Gardiner takes it along quicker than usual – other recordings come in nearer to 70 …
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 “Lobgesang” – John Eliot Gardiner
Sinfonie Nr. 2 B-Dur op. 52 “Lobgesang”
1. Sinfonia: Maestoso con moto
1. Sinfonia: Allegretto un poco agitato
1. Sinfonia: Adagio religioso
2. Alles, was Odem hat, lobe den Herrn (Allegro moderato maestoso)
2. Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele (Molto più moderato ma con fuoco)
3. Rezitativ: Saget es, die ihr erlöst seid durch den Herrn
3. Er zählet unsre Tränen (Allegro moderato)
4. Chor: Sagt es, die ihr erlöset seid (A tempo moderato)
5. Ich harrete des Herrn (Andante)
6. Stricke des Todes hatten uns umfangen (Allegro un poco agitato)
7. Die Nacht ist vergangen (Allegro maestoso e molto vivace)
8. Choral: Nun danket alle Gott (Andante con moto)
8. Lob, Ehr und Preis sei Gott (Un poco più animato
9. Drum sing’ ich mit meinem Liede ewig dein Lob (Andante sostenuto assai)
10. Schlusschor: Ihr Völker! Bringet her dem Herrn (Allegro non troppo)
London Symphony Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
17,90€
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