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Mendelssohn - Complete String Symphonies | Orfeo C763093

Mendelssohn - Complete String Symphonies

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Label: Orfeo

Cat No: C763093

Barcode: 4011790763323

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 3

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 11th January 2010

Contents

Artists

Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Conductor

Michael Hofstetter

Works

Mendelssohn, Felix

String Symphonies (13)

Artists

Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

Conductor

Michael Hofstetter

About

The thirteen string symphonies that Mendelssohn wrote between 1821 and 1823 are not only evidence of his exceptionally rapid development, they are also examples of wonderful, virtuoso music that reveals the influence of CPE Bach, J S Bach and Handel.

This new complete recording of these works features the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. Founded more than 50 years ago, the SCO has gradually built up a repertory that extends from the Baroque to the present day, thereby guaranteeing a flexible and keenly differentiated kind of playing, due not least to the ensemble's principal conductor, Michael Hofstetter, who is likewise at home in a wide variety of styles.

The verve of the first symphony's opening Allegro is maintained throughout all the fast movements, while the slow movements are characterised by their gently flowing cantabile lines, which extend to the quotations of folksongs found in the two 'Swiss' symphonies. The last two symphonies are notable for their contrapuntal procedures and polyphonic accomplishment. Here the composer and his interpreters have found an appropriately playful approach to complex fugal subjects and developments. In this way this set of youthful works is brought to a suitably masterly conclusion.

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