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A Mendelssohn Portrait

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Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 93888

Barcode: 5028421938882

Format: CD + DVD

Number of Discs: 41

Release Date: 16th March 2009

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One of the most extraordinarily gifted of all the great composers, Mendelssohn is often underestimated today. Born into a wealthy banking family, he does not fit the picture we like to imagine of the struggling artist. Does this make his music less profound? Not at all.

This 40CD set includes all his major orchestral works, including the 5 symphonies, the evergreen violin concerto in E minor, the music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Elijah, the First Piano Trio, Octet, Songs without Words and a selection of his Lieder. Also included are the early concertos, both mature piano concertos, the string symphonies, the oratorio ‘Paulus’, all the sonatas, trios, string quartets and chamber music, motets, cantatas, Psalm settings – providing the listener with probably the most comprehensive collection of Mendelssohn’s music ever compiled.

This is a unique and comprehensive portrait of Mendelssohn’s genius which includes all his well known works and many lesser known pieces. All the sung texts and notes are included on a CD-ROM.

A DVD, ‘Requiem for Fanny’: Mendelssohn’s life in dance is also included, in NTSC and PAL versions.

Contents:
CD 1:  
- Symphony No.1 in C minor Op.11   
- Symphony No.4 in A Op.90 ‘Italian’  

Total:  62:15  
Radio Kamerorkest / Frans Brüggen
 
CD 2:
- Symphony No.2 in B flat Op.52 ‘Lobgesang’  

Total:  67:10  
 
Annegeer Stumphius, soprano; Young-Hee Kim, soprano; Matthias Bleidorn, tenor
Radio Filharmonisch Koor & Orkest Holland / Edo de Waart
 
CD 3:
- Symphony No.3 in A minor Op.56 ‘Scottish’   
Radio Kamerorkest / Arnold Östman
 
- Symphony No.5 in D Op.107 ‘Reformation’  
Radio Kamerorkest / Jos van Immerseel

Total:  59:29  
 
CD 4:
- String Symphony No.1 in C    
- String Symphony No.6 in E flat    
- String Symphony No.7 in D minor   
- String Symphony No.12 in G minor  

Total:  70:26  
 
Amsterdam Sinfonietta / Lev Markiz
 
CD 5:
- String Symphony No.2 in D  1  
- String Symphony No.3 in E minor   
- String Symphony No.9 in C   
- String Symphony No.10 in B minor  

Total:  60:12  
 
Amsterdam Sinfonietta / Lev Markiz
 
CD 6:
- String Symphony No.4 in C minor   
- String Symphony No.5 in B flat   
- String Symphony No.13 in C minor (Symphonic Movement)   
- String Symphony No.8 in D (version with winds)  

Total:  58:41  
 
Amsterdam Sinfonietta / Lev Markiz
 
CD 7:
- String Symphony No.8 in D (version for strings)    
- String Symphony No.11 in F  

Total:  69:35  
 
Amsterdam Sinfonietta / Lev Markiz
 
CD 8:
- Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.25    
- Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor Op.40  
- Capriccio brillante in B minor Op.22

Total:  51:23  
 
Derek Han, piano
Israel Chamber Orchestra / Stephen Gunzenhauser
 
CD 9:
- Concerto for violin and strings in D minor   
- Concerto for piano, violin and strings in D minor  

Total:  60:16  
 
Gil Sharon, violin; Bart van Oort, piano
Amati Chamber Orchestra / Gil Sharon
 
CD 10:
- Concerto for two pianos and orchestra in E  
- Concerto for two pianos and orchestra in A flat  

Total:  63:46  
 
Anthony and Joseph Paratore, pianos
RIAS-Sinfonietta Berlin / Uros Lajovic
 
CD 11:
- Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64  
Emmy Verhey, violin
Budapest Symphony Orchestra / Arpad Jóo
 
- Piano Concerto in A minor  
Siegfried Stöckigt, piano
Rundfunk-Sinfonie Orchester Leipzig / Herbert Kegel

Total:  62:13  
 
CD 12 & 13:
- Elias

Christine Schäfer, soprano; Cornelia Kallisch, alto; Michael Schade, tenor; Wolfgang Schöne, baritone
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart / Helmuth Rilling
   
Total:  65:16 + 62:56  
 
CD 14 & 15:
- Paulus  

Juliane Banse, soprano; Ingeborg Danz, alto; Michael Schade, tenor; Andreas Schmidt, bass
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart; Prager Kammerchor
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Helmuth Rilling
 
Total:  72:25 + 58:46  
 
CD 16:
- Violin Sonata in F (1838)   
- Violin Sonata in F (1820)    
- Violin Sonata in F minor Op.4 (1825)  

Total:  58:44  
 
Joan Berkhemer, violin; Kyoko Hashimoto, piano
 
CD 17:
- Cello Sonata in B flat Op.45    
- Cello Sonata in D Op.58      
- Song Without Words (Andante) Op.109   
- Variations concertantes Op.17  

Total:  71:06  
 
Claude Starck, cello; Christoph Eschenbach, piano
 
CD 18:
- Viola Sonata in C minor   
- Clarinet Sonata in E flat    
- String Quartet in D Op.44 No.1  

Total:  70:15  
 
Ulrich Koch, viola; Rainer Schumacher, clarinet; Roland Keller, piano
Bartók Quartet: Péter Komlós, Geza Hargitai (violins); Géza Németh (viola); László Mezö (cello)
 
CD 19:
- String Quartet in E minor Op.44 No.2    
- String Quartet in E flat Op.44 No.3  

Total:  65:53  
 
The English String Quartet: Diana Cummings, Colin Callow (violins); Luciano Iorio (viola); Geoffrey Thomas (cello)
 
CD 20:
- String Quartet in E flat Op.12    
- String Quartet in F minor Op.80    
- 4 Pieces for String Quartet Op.81  

Total:  77:03  
 
Sharon Quartet: Gil Sharon, Rodica-Daniela Ciocoiu (violins); Georghe Hang (viola); Alexander Hölshoff (cello)

CD 21:
- String Quartet in A Op.13
Sharon Quartet
    
- Piano Quartet in B minor Op.3  
The Schubert Ensemble of London: William Howard, piano; Simon Blendis, violin; Douglas Paterson, viola; Jane Salmon, cello
 
- Konzertstück in F Op.113 for clarinet, basset horn and piano  
Rainer Schumacher, clarinet; Gerhard Albert, basset horn; Roland Keller, piano

Total:  75:10

CD 22:
- Piano Quartet in C minor Op.1    
- Piano Quartet in F minor Op.2  
The Schubert Ensemble of London
 
- Konzertstück in F Op.114 for clarinet, basset horn and piano  
Rainer Schumacher, clarinet; Gerhard Albert, basset horn; Roland Keller, piano

Total:  64:30  

CD 23:
- String Quintet in A Op.18   
- String Quintet in B flat Op.87  

Total:  61:27  
 
Sharon Quartet with Petra Vahle, viola
 
CD 24:
- Piano Trio No.1 in D minor Op.49   
- Piano Trio No.2 in C minor Op.66   

Total:  54:45  
 
Klaviertrio Amsterdam: Klára Würtz, piano; Joan Berkhemer, violin; Nadia David, cello
 
CD 25:
- Piano Sextet in D Op.110  
Dalia Ouziel, piano; Gil Sharon, violin; Ron Ephrat, viola; Liisa Tamminen, viola; Alexander Hülshoff, cello
 
- Octet for strings in E flat Op.20  
Amati String Orchestra

Total:  64:14  
 
CD 26:
- Psalm 42:Wie der Hirsch schreit Op.42
Isabell Müller-Cant, soprano; Daniel Sans, tenor I; Gerhard Nennemann, tenor II; Manfred Bittner, bass I; Christof Fischesser, bass II
 
- Psalm 95: Kommt, laßt uns anbeten Op.46
Isabell Müller-Cant, soprano; Petra Labitzke, soprano; Daniel Sans, tenor
 
- Psalm 98: Singet dem Herrn Op.91  

Total:  51:25  
 
Chamber Choir of Europe
Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen / Nicol Matt
 
CD 27:
- Psalm 115: Non nobis, Domine Op.31
Annemarie Kremer, soprano; Daniel Sans, tenor; Manfred Bittner, bass
   
- Psalm 114: Da Israel aus Ägypten zog Op.51
- The 8 Chorale Cantatas: Nos. 1, 2 & 3   
Cantata No.1 ‘Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein’  
Cantata No.2 ‘Christe, du Lamm Gottes’  
Cantata No.3 ‘Jesu, meine Freude’  

Total:  53:44  
 
Chamber Choir of Europe
Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen / Nicol Matt
 
CD 28:
- The 8 Chorale Cantatas: Nos. 4–8  
Cantata No.4 ‘O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden’
Raimund Spogis, baritone
 
Cantata No.5 ‘Verleih uns Frieden’  
Cantata No.6 ‘Vom Himmel hoch’
Petra Labitzke, soprano
 
Cantata No.7 ‘Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten’  
Lydia Allert, soprano

Cantata No.8 ‘Wir glauben all’ an einen Gott’  
Annemarie Kremer, soprano; Gabriele Wunderer, alto; Daniel Sans, tenor; Manfred Bittner, bass

Total:  54:28  
 
Chamber Choir of Europe
Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen / Nicol Matt
 
CD 29:
- Hymn, Three Sacred Songs and Fugue Op.96
Eibe Möhlmann, alto; Lydia Allert, soprano
    
- Kyrie in D minor   
- Lauda Sion Op.73
- Tu es Petrus Op.111

Total:  67:27  
 
Chamber Choir of Europe
Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen / Nicol Matt
 
CD 30:
- Magnificat    
- Gloria  

Total:  61:13  
 
Nathalie Karl, soprano; Barbara Werner, alto; Róbert Morvai, tenor; Manfred Bittner, bass; Alice Duskova, organ
Amadeus-Chor / Nicol Matt
 
CD 31:
- Hora est for four 4-part mixed choirs and organ
- Te Deum for 4-part mixed choir, soloists and organ  
- Ave Maria Op.23 for 8-part mixed choir and 8 soloists  
- Te Deum for soloists, two 4-part mixed choirs and organ  

Total:  60:19  
 
Chamber Choir of Europe / Nicol Matt
 
CD 32:
- 3 Kirchenmusiken Op.23 
    - Aus tiefer Not for 4-part mixed choir, soloists and organ (Róbert Morvai, tenor) 
    - ‘Mitten wir im Leben sind’ for 8-part mixed choir 
    - Jesus, meine Zuversicht for soloists, 5-part mixed choir and organ
Anja Bittner, soprano I; Alena Leja, soprano II; Birgit Meyer, alto; Daniel Sans, tenor; Manfred Bittner, bass

- 3 Motets Op.69 
    - Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener
    - Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt (Psalm 100)
    - ‘Mein Herz erhebet Gott’ (Magnificat) 

Total:  52:27  
 
Alice Duskova, organ
Chamber Choir of Europe / Nicol Matt
 
CD 33:
- 3 Psalms Op.78 for double choir
- 6 Anthems Op.79 for 8-part choir
- The German Liturgy for soloists and two 4-part choirs  

Total:  38:05  
 
Chamber Choir of Europe / Nicol Matt
 
CD 34:
- Choralharmonisierungen for 4-part mixed choir  
- Kyrie in C for soloists and two 4-part mixed choirs  
- Jube Domine for soloists and two 4-part mixed choirs  
- Cantique pour l’Église Wallone  
- 2 English Psalms (Tate) for 4-part mixed choir  
- 7 Psalms (Lobwasser) for 4-part mixed choir  
- 13 Psalm Motets for 2–4-part choir  

Total:  78:18  
 
Chamber Choir of Europe / Nicol Matt
 
CD 35:
- 3 Motets Op.39 for women’s choir and organ,  
- Hebe deine Augen auf (from Elias) for 3-part female choir  
- O beata et benedicta for 3-part female choir and organ  
- Vespergesang ‘Adspice Domine/ Schaue herab’ Op.121 for soloists, male choir, cello and double bass  
- Zwei geistliche Männerchöre Op.115 for 4 voices  
- Trauergesang Op.116  
- Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt  
- Denn er hat seinen Engeln  
- Zum Abendsegen ‘Herr, sei gnädig’  

Total:  53:00  
 
Chamber Choir of Europe / Nicol Matt
 
CD 36:
Songs Without Words Volume 1  
1. Andante con moto in E Op.19 No.1
2. Andante espressivo in A minor Op.19 No.2  
3. Molto allegro in A Op.19 No.3 ‘Jägerlied’
4. Moderato in A Op.19 No.4
5. Agitato in F sharp minor Op.19 No.5  
6. Andante sostenuto in G minor Op.19 No.6 ‘Venetian Gondola Song’   
7. Andante espressivo in E flat Op.30 No.1  
8. Allegro di molto in B flat minor Op.30 No.2  
9. Andante sostenuto in E Op.30 No.3  
10. Agitato e con fuoco in B minor Op.30 No.4  
11. Andante grazioso in D Op.30 No.5  
12. Allegretto in F sharp minor Op.30 No.6 ‘Venetian Gondola Song’
13. Con moto in E flat Op.38 No.1
14. Allegro non troppo in C minor Op.38 No.2  
15. Presto in E Op.38 No.3    
16. Andante in A Op.38 No.4   
17. Agitato in A minor Op.38 No.5    
18. Andante con moto in A flat Op.38 No.6 ‘Duetto’  
19. Andante con moto in A flat Op.53 No.1  
20. Allegro non troppo in E flat Op.53 No.2
21. Presto agitato in G minor Op.53 No.3  
22. Adagio in F Op.53 No.4  
23. Allegro in A minor Op.53 No.5 ‘Volkslied’
24. Molto allegro vivace in A Op.53 No.6

Total:  66:44  
 
Frank van de Laar, piano
 
CD 37:
Songs Without Words Volume 2  
1. Andante espressivo in G Op.62 No.1  
2. Allegro con fuoco in B flat Op.62 No.2
3. Andante maestoso in E minor Op.62 No.3 ‘Trauermarsch’  
4. Allegro con anima in G Op.62 No.4   
5. Andante in A minor Op.62 No.5 ‘Venetian Gondola Song’  
6. Andante grazioso in A Op.62 No.6 ‘Frühlingslied’   
7. Andante in E flat Op.67 No.1  
8. Allegro leggiero in F sharp minor Op.67 No.2  
9. Andante tranquillo in B flat Op.67 No.3   
10. Presto in C Op.67 No.4 ‘Spinnerlied: The Bee’s Wedding’
11. Moderato in B minor Op.67 No.5  
12. Allegretto non troppo in E Op.67 No.6  
13. Andante espressivo in F Op.85 No.1
14. Allegro agitato in A minor Op.85 No.2   
15. Presto in E flat Op.85 No.3   
16. Andante sostenuto in D Op.85 No.4   
17. Allegretto in A Op.85 No.5
18. Allegretto con moto in B flat Op.85 No.6
19. Andante un poco agitato in E minor Op.102 No.1   
20. Adagio in D Op.102 No.2   
21. Presto in C Op.102 No.3  
22. Un poco agitato in G minor Op.102 No.4
23. Allegro vivace in A Op.102 No.5 ‘Kinderstück’
24. Andante in C Op.102 No.6

Total:  55:07  
 
Frank van de Laar, piano
 
CD 38:
- Organ Sonatas Op.65 Nos 1-6
Total:  74:25  
 
Wouter van den Broek, organ
 
CD 39:
Lieder  
1. Der Verlassene (anon.)
2. Ich weiß mir ‘n Mädchen (anon.)
3. Mary’s Dream (6 schottische Nationallieder No.2)
4. We’ve a Bonnie Wee Flower (6 schottische Nationallieder No.3)
5. Minnelied in Mai (Op.8 No.1, Ludwig Hölty)
6. Pilgerspruch (Op.8 No.5, Paul Flemming)
7. Maienlied (Op.8 No.7, Jacob von der Warte)
8. Im Grünen (Op.8 No.11, Johann Heinrich Voss)  
9. Abendlied (Op.8 No.9, Johann Heinrich Voss)
10. Wartend (Op.9 No.3, anon.)   
11. Im Frühling (Op.9 No.4, anon.)
12. Im Herbst (Op.9 No.5, C. Klingemann)
13. Frühlingsglaube (Op.9 No.8, Ludwig Uhland)  
14. Das Schifflein (Op.99 No.4, Ludwig Uhland)  
15. Lieblingsplätzchen (Op.99 No.3, Friederike Robert)  
16. Altdeutsches Frühlingslied (Op.86 No.6, Friedrich von Spee)   
17. Minnelied (Op.47 No.1, Ludwig Tieck)
18. Meerfahrt (Heinrich Heine)   
19. Weiter, rastlos (anon.)  
20. Frühlingslied (Op.71 No.2, C. Klingemann)
21. Herbstlied (Op.84 No.2, C. Klingemann)
22. Es weiß und rät’ es doch keiner (Op.99 No.6, Joseph von Eichendorff)
23. Erntelied (Op.8 No.4, Altes Kirchenlied)

Total:  54:57  
 
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Hartmut Höll, piano
 
CD 40:
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream Op.61 (incidental music)    
- Hebrides Overture (‘Fingal’s Cave’) Op.26
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Jaime Laredo
 
- Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt Op.27 (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage)  
Hanover Band / Roy Goodman

Total:  53:26  
 
DVD 1:
Requiem for Fanny  
1. Mendelssohn’s life told through the medium of dance   
2. Includes String Quartet Op.13 played by the Claudel Quartet

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