5 Symphonies / 7 Overtures
Claudio Abbado · London Symphony Orchestra · London Symphony Chorus · Hans Peter Blochwitz · Elizabeth Connell · Karita Mattila
5 Symphonies / 7 Overtures (2001), CD, on Deutsche Grammophon. Music by Felix Mendelssohn, performed by Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Hans Peter Blochwitz; 38 tracks.
Composer
Tracklist
Disc 1
Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 11: 3. Menuetto. Allegro molto
Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 11: 4. Allegro con fuoco
Overture to Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, op. 21
Felix Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 21 (op. 61 no. 1): Ouvertüre
Disc 2
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 “Lobgesang”: Ia. Sinfonia: Maestoso con moto – Allegro
Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 “Hymn of Praise”: 1. Sinfonia: Allegretto un poco agitato
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 “Lobgesang”
Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 “Hymn of Praise”: 1. Sinfonia: Adagio religioso
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 “Lobgesang”
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 “Lobgesang”: IIa. “Alles, was Odem hat, lobe den Herrn!” (Allegro moderato maestoso – Animato)
Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 “Lobgesang”
Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 “Lobgesang”: IIIa. Rezitativ “Saget es, die ihr erlöst seid”
Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra, Hans Peter Blochwitz
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 “Lobgesang”: IIIb. “Er zählet unsre Tränen” (Allegro moderato)
Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra, Hans Peter Blochwitz
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 “Lobgesang”
Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 “Hymn of Praise”: 5. Andante »Ich harrete des Herrn«
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 “Lobgesang”
Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 “Lobgesang”
Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra, Hans Peter Blochwitz
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 “Lobgesang”
Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 “Lobgesang”
Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 “Lobgesang”
Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra, Elizabeth Connell
Disc 3
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 "Scottish": 1. Andante con moto — Allegro un poco agitato
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 “Scottish”
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 "Scottish": 2. Vivace non troppo
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 “Scottish”
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 "Scottish": 3. Adagio
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 “Scottish”
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 "Scottish": 4. Allegro vivacissimo — Allegro maestoso assai
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 “Scottish”
Overture “The Fair Melusine”, op. 32
Felix Mendelssohn - Das Märchen von der schönen Melusine, op. 32
Disc 4
Symphony no. 4 in A major, op. 90 "Italian": 1. Allegro vivace
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 4 in A major, op. 90 “Italian”
Symphony no. 4 in A major, op. 90 "Italian": 2. Andante con moto
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 4 in A major, op. 90 “Italian”
Symphony no. 4 in A major, op. 90 "Italian": 3. Con moto moderato
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 4 in A major, op. 90 “Italian”
Symphony no. 4 in A major, op. 90 "Italian": 4. Saltarello. Presto
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 4 in A major, op. 90 “Italian”
Symphony no. 5 in D major, op. 107 "Reformation": 1. Andante — Allegro con fuoco
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 5 in D major, op. 107 "Reformation"
Symphony no. 5 in D major, op. 107 "Reformation": 2. Allegro vivace
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 5 in D major, op. 107 "Reformation"
Symphony no. 5 in D major, op. 107 "Reformation": 3. Andante
Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 5 in D major, op. 107 "Reformation"