Mendelssohn: Psalmen un Motetten; Oratorium Christus / Christine Wolff, Martin Petzold

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Album Summary

Performers

• Christine Wolff (Soprano)
• Martin Petzold (Voice)
• Daniel Knauft (Bass)
• Holger Krause (Bass)

Conductor

• Biller, Georg Christoph

Ensembles

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• Gewandhausorchester

Composer

• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)

Notes & Reviews:

Rarities from the sacred oeuvre of the renowned Leipzig composer Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Cantor Biller combines the fragment of the composer's Christus oratorio with his Sechs Sprüche, op 79. In performance, these disparate fragments become a unified work of convincing force. The Christus oratorio which Mendelssohn started work on in 1847 was supposed to complete a trilogy. However because of Mendelssohn's early and unexpected death in November 1847, this oratorio remains a fragment.

American Record Guide, July / August 2012
The engineers did extremely well with these performances recorded in concert at the church in 2007 and 2008; and the booklet comes with full notes, texts, and translations. Liszt once referred to Mendelssohn as "Bach reborn"; and if you can't feel that connection from Leipzig, you can't feel it anywhere. So maybe this turns out to be just a little bit indispensable after all.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Thomaskirche Leipzig (09/06/2008/09/13/2008); Thomaskirche Leipzig (11/04/2007).

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Works Details

Mendelssohn, Felix : Psalm 98 ("Sing to the Lord"), for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in D major, Op. 91

• Conductor: Georg Biller
• Ensemble: Gewandhausorchester
• Notes: Thomaskirche Leipzig (09/06/2008/09/13/2008); Thomaskirche Leipzig (11/04/2007)
• Running Time: 7 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 12/27/1843
• Studio/Live: Live

Mendelssohn, Felix : Psaume 42

• Conductor: Georg Biller
• Notes: Thomaskirche Leipzig (09/06/2008/09/13/2008); Thomaskirche Leipzig (11/04/2007)
• Running Time: 23 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 07/1837
• Studio/Live: Live

Mendelssohn, Felix : Jesu, meine Freude

• Conductor: Georg Biller
• Notes: Thomaskirche Leipzig (09/06/2008/09/13/2008); Thomaskirche Leipzig (11/04/2007)
• Running Time: 7 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 01/22/1828
• Studio/Live: Live

Mendelssohn, Felix : Sechs Sprüche

• Conductor: Georg Biller
• Notes: Thomaskirche Leipzig (09/06/2008/09/13/2008); Thomaskirche Leipzig (11/04/2007)
• Running Time: 8 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Studio/Live: Live

Mendelssohn, Felix : Christus, Op. 97 :: Recitativo. Da Jesus geboren ward zu Bethlehem im jüdischen Lande

• Performer: Christine Wolff (Soprano)
• Conductor: Georg Biller
• Notes: Thomaskirche Leipzig (09/06/2008/09/13/2008); Thomaskirche Leipzig (11/04/2007)
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1847
• Studio/Live: Live

Mendelssohn, Felix : Christus, Op. 97 :: Terzett. Wo ist der neugeborne König der Juden?

• Performers: Martin Petzold (Voice); Daniel Knauft (Bass); Holger Krause (Bass)
• Conductor: Georg Biller
• Notes: Thomaskirche Leipzig (09/06/2008/09/13/2008); Thomaskirche Leipzig (11/04/2007)
• Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1847
• Studio/Live: Live

Mendelssohn, Felix : Christus, Op. 97 :: Coro. Es wird ein Stern aus Jacob aufgeh'n

• Conductor: Georg Biller
• Notes: Thomaskirche Leipzig (09/06/2008/09/13/2008); Thomaskirche Leipzig (11/04/2007)
• Running Time: 4 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1847
• Studio/Live: Live

Mendelssohn, Felix : Sechs Sprüche

• Conductor: Georg Biller
• Notes: Thomaskirche Leipzig (09/06/2008/09/13/2008); Thomaskirche Leipzig (11/04/2007)
• Running Time: 8 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Studio/Live: Live

Mendelssohn, Felix : Christus, Op. 97 :: Recitativo. Und der ganze Haufe stand auf

• Performer: Martin Petzold (Voice)
• Conductor: Georg Biller
• Notes: Thomaskirche Leipzig (09/06/2008/09/13/2008); Thomaskirche Leipzig (11/04/2007)
• Running Time: 6 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1847
• Studio/Live: Live

Mendelssohn, Felix : Christus, Op. 97 :: Coro. Ihr Töchter Zions, Weint über euch selbst

• Conductor: Georg Biller
• Notes: Thomaskirche Leipzig (09/06/2008/09/13/2008); Thomaskirche Leipzig (11/04/2007)
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1847
• Studio/Live: Live

Mendelssohn, Felix : Christus, Op. 97 :: Choral. Er nimmt auf seinen Rücken die Lasten

• Conductor: Georg Biller
• Notes: Thomaskirche Leipzig (09/06/2008/09/13/2008); Thomaskirche Leipzig (11/04/2007)
• Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1847
• Studio/Live: Live

Mendelssohn, Felix : Sechs Sprüche

• Conductor: Georg Biller
• Notes: Thomaskirche Leipzig (09/06/2008/09/13/2008); Thomaskirche Leipzig (11/04/2007)
• Running Time: 8 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Studio/Live: Live

Mendelssohn, Felix : Verleih uns Frieden

• Conductor: Georg Biller
• Notes: Thomaskirche Leipzig (09/06/2008/09/13/2008); Thomaskirche Leipzig (11/04/2007)
• Running Time: 5 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 02/10/1831
• Studio/Live: Live