Mendelssohn: Symphonies, Piano Concertos, etc / Masur, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Edith Wiens (Soprano)
• Peter Schreier (Tenor)
• Barbara Bonney (Soprano)
• Cyprien Katsaris (Piano)
• Friedhelm Eberle (Spoken Vocals)
• Christiane Oertel (Mezzo Soprano)
• Michael Schönheit (Organ)

Conductor

• Masur, Kurt

Ensemble

• Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Composer

• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)

Notes & Reviews:

This newly reissued 5-CD budget boxed set offers critically acclaimed recordings of Mendelssohn's major orchestral music by Kurt Masur and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra featuring Cyprien Katsaris and Barbara Bonney. Gramophone wrote: "...the excitement rises spontaneously from the music-making" and The New York Times wrote about pianist Cyprien Katsaris: "Here is a genuine thinker at the piano...It almost sounded like a time machine had taken us back to the best of the golden age pianists."

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Works Details

Mendelssohn, Felix : Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 11

• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 29 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 03/31/1824

Mendelssohn, Felix : Symphony no 5 in D major, Op. 107 "Reformation"

• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 25 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 05/12/1830

Mendelssohn, Felix : Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang"

• Performers: Edith Wiens (Soprano); Michael Schönheit (Organ); Peter Schreier (Tenor); Barbara Bonney (Soprano)
• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 49 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1840

Mendelssohn, Felix : Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"

• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 01/20/1842.
• Running Time: 37 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 01/20/1842

Mendelssohn, Felix : Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"

• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 03/13/1833.
• Running Time: 28 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 03/13/1833

Mendelssohn, Felix : Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25

• Performer: Cyprien Katsaris (Piano)
• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 17 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 10/1831

Mendelssohn, Felix : Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, Op. 22

• Performer: Cyprien Katsaris (Piano)
• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 10 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 05/18/1832

Mendelssohn, Felix : Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 40

• Performer: Cyprien Katsaris (Piano)
• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 19 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: circa 09/03/1837

Mendelssohn, Felix : Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, in E major Op. 21

• Performers: Friedhelm Eberle (Spoken Vocals); Christiane Oertel (Mezzo Soprano); Edith Wiens (Soprano)
• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 11 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 08/06/1826

Mendelssohn, Felix : A Midsummer Night's Dream

• Performers: Christiane Oertel (Mezzo Soprano); Edith Wiens (Soprano); Friedhelm Eberle (Spoken Vocals)
• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 36 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843