Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 'Lobgesang'
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This new release of Mendelssohn’s complete symphonies confirms the symbiotic relationship Järvi has forged with the orchestra, and is jam-packed with exciting, at times electrifying, music-making...Many... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2024, Orchestral Choice
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 'Lobgesang' RecommendedJudith Howarth (soprano), Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano) & Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Bergen Philharmonic Choir, KorVest (Bergen Vocal Ensemble), The Danish National Vocal Ensemble DR & Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Litton's live recording is outstanding: observant of Mendelssohn's tempi, with beautifully detailed orchestral textures and lithe but robust choral work from the Danish National Vocal Ensemble... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Award for Technical Excellence
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Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1-5
RecommendedChamber Orchestra of Europe, RIAS Kammerchor, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Nézet-Séguin and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (COE) evoke the effervescent, restless, driven essence of Mendelssohn, often almost to perfection. The scherzo of the Scottish Symphony with... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2017, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, 24th June 2017, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Building a Library, June 2019, Also Recommended
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 'Lobgesang'
RecommendedChristiane Karg, Christina Landshamer (sopranos) & Michael Schade (tenor)
Chorus & Orchestra of Bavarian Radio, Pablo Heras-Casado
Its quasi-devotional, cross-genre status demands special advocacy, and gets it ...Michael Schade, Christiane Karg and Christina Landshammer are the persuasive soloists, while the chorus radiates... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th March 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1-5 RecommendedBerlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Ashkenazy makes the climax of the Adagio [in the Scottish] dramatically urgent rather than sombrely massive, and conducts perhaps the most ferocious finale on disc, steely trumpets to the fore.... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2008, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2009, First Choice
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 'Lobgesang'
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Jurgita Adamonyté (mezzo), Michael Spyres (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
The Monteverdi Singers produce, as ever, a clean, well-focused tone and there is much pleasure to be had in Lucy Crowe’s radiant soprano and Michael Spyres’s lyrical tenor, making the most of... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, Editor's Choice
SACD + Blu-ray Audio
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Mendelssohn: Complete Symphonies Sona Ghazarian (soprano), Edita Gruberova (soprano), Josef Böch (organ), Margarita Lilowa (contralto), Horst Laubenthal (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone) & Alfred Sramek (bass)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Singverein, Christoph von Dohnanyi
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 'Lobgesang'
Judith van Wanrooij (soprano) & Patrick Henckens (tenor)
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
No rival version is better and few are as good...for a fresh, immediate statement that compels one's attention from start to finish, I cannot imagine anyone being disappointed by this new release — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Editor's Choice
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Mendelssohn: Symphonies & Overtures
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Jurgita Adamonytė (mezzo), Michael Spyres (tenor), Alexander Knox (Puck), Ceri-lyn Cissone (Titania), Frankie Wakefield (Oberon), Maria Joao Pires (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 'Lobgesang'
Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Mojca Erdmann (soprano) & Christian Elsner (tenor)
MDR Radio Choir & MDR Symphony Orchestra, Jun Märkl
Märkl's version has many beauties, not least the duet before the final chorus which Ruth Ziesak and Christian Elsner sing with great tenderness...The chorus sing with gusto, and their final... — More…
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