Op. 109. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. This standard work of the cello literature has been extracted from volume II of the Complete Works for Violoncello and Pianoforte (BA 9096 and BA 9097) which was published in 2016. Mendelssohn scholar R. Larry Todd edited the scholarly-critical edition of ?Song without Words?. This work is not based on the surviving autograph manuscript, which could not h…

Aus: Drei Motetten. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. The 'Three Motets' op. 69, Jubilate Deo, Nunc Dimittis and Magnificat, were originally intended for the Anglican service, with whose rich choral tradition Mendelssohn became familiar on his many visits to England. / Mottet / Répertoire / Solistes SATB et Choeur SATB

Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. A new edition of Mendelssohn's most outstanding unaccompanied choral repertoire, including Kyrie eleison, Heilig, Jauchzet dem Hern alle Welt and Frohlocket, ihr Völker auf Erden./ Répertoire / SATB

from Paulus. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Paulus (1834-1836) est le premier oratorio de Mendelssohn. Il raconte la vie de Saint Paul. L'ouverture est une fantaisie sur le célèbre choral Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme. Rarement donné, l’oratorio Paulus est pourtant significatif du romantisme allemand. L’arrangement de Robert van Beringen nous fait redécouvrir ce chef-d’oeuvre oublié. / Niveau …

Symphonie-Kantate. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Mendelssohn describes to his friend Klingemann the 1840 work as 'a ‘symphony for chorus and orchestra’… First three symphonic movements, to which 12 choral- and solo- movements are appendaged; the words from the Psalms, and indeed all pieces, vocal and instrumental, are composed in the words ‘Everything which has breath, Praise the Lord’; one und…

Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. In 1872, shortly after a stay with Thibaut in Heidelberg, 'Tu es Petrus' was composed, an echo of his contact with the style of Palestrina. Mendelssohn himself considered the work, which uses and artful and strictly contrapuntal development of the motif, the 'most successful piece' of that year./ Répertoire / Choeur SSATB, 2 Flûtes Traversières, 2 Hautbois, 2

Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Mendelssohn describes to his friend Klingemann the 1840 work as 'a ?symphony for chorus and orchestra?? First three symphonic movements, to which 12 choral- and solo- movements are appendaged; the words from the Psalms, and indeed all pieces, vocal and instrumental, are composed in the words ?Everything which has breath, Praise the Lord?; one understands by this th…

The Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) has been highly regarded in Britain from the time of his first visit in 1829. The highlight of his career came in 1846 when he was commissioned to write the oratorio Elijah for the Birmingham Festival. It remained hugely popular for over eight decades being performed at the Proms every year until 1930. It draws heavily on influences f…

The first great orchestral psalmMendelssohn's first great orchestral psalm took almost six years to complete, from the initial sketches and the first version of 1830 to the final version of 1835. Its premiere which took place at the Leipzig Gewandhaus did not take place until 1838.Unlike his other orchestral psalms, Mendelssohn took the Latin words from the Vulgate as his principal text which stem…