Published on Oct 22, 2014 Felix Mendelssohn Elijah, Op 70 Lucy Crowe, soprano Christianne Stotijn, alto Rainer Trost, tenor Muchael Nagy, baritone Choeur de Radio France Orchestre National de France Daniele Gatti, conductor
Multiple links in body of thread | February 3, 2015
Felix Mendelssohn, one of history's greatest composers, was born on this day 206 years ago. Octet for Strings Hebrides (or Fingal's Cave) Overture Violin Concerto Symphony No. 3 (Scottish)
A Concert for Scotland The Hebrides (or Fingal's Cave) Overture by Felix Mendelssohn - ListenScottish Fantasy by Max Bruch - Listen The Land of the Mountain and the Flood by Hamish MacCunn - ListenSymphony No. 3 (the Scottish) by Felix Mendelssohn - Listen
I have been arranging my extensive CD collection which lead me to play some of those long forgotten CD. This afternoon it was Mendelssohn "Reformation" Symphony. This might not be the best symphony of this rather underrated composer. The 5th popularity has suffered from being a "heftier" work, more intellectual, less crafted and vital than the "Italian". As if trying to encompass the reformation movement in music were possible. Still, the last movement opening is one of the most stirring moments of the repertoire, and a powerful musical image of the liberation of the spirit, no matter what religious connotation...