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Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1-5

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1-5

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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....

Gramophone Magazine, December 2009

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Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1-5

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

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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....

Gramophone Magazine, December 2009

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  • Label: Decca
  • Series: Trio
  • Catalogue number: 4709462
  • Length: 3 hours 15 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11
Work length30:30
1. Allegro di molto
Track length9:33
2. Andante
Track length6:49
3. Menuetto (Allegro molto)
Track length6:24
4. Allegro con fuoco
Track length7:44
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op. 107 'Reformation'
Work length29:29
1. Andante - Allegro con fuoco
Track length11:34
2. Allegro vivace
Track length5:00
3. Andante
Track length3:11
4. Choral "Ein' Feste Burg ist unser Gott!" (Andante con moto - Allegro vivace - Allegro maestoso - Più animato poco a poco)
Track length9:44
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 'Lobgesang'
Work length1:08:23
1. Sinfonia: Maestoso con moto
Track length12:33
1. Sinfonia: Allegretto un poco agitato
Track length5:47
1. Sinfonia: Adagio religioso
Track length7:31
2. "Alles was Odem hat, lobe den Herrn" - "Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele"
Track length6:46
3. "Saget es, die ihr erlöst seid" - "Er zählet unsre Tränen"
Track length4:04
4. "Sagt es, die ihr erlöset seid"
Track length2:07
5. "Ich harrete des Herrn". "Wohl dem, der seine Hoffnu
Track length5:00
6. "Stricke des Todes hatten uns umfangen"
Track length4:28
7. "Die Nacht ist vergangen"
Track length4:45
8. "Nun danket alle Gott" - "Lob, Ehr' und Preis sei Gott"
Track length5:11
9. "Drum sing ich mit meinem Liede ewig"
Track length4:46
10. "Ihr Völker, bringet her dem Herrn Ehre und Macht"
Track length5:25
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 'Scottish'
Work length38:40
1. Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato - Assai animato - Andante come prima
Track length16:15
2. Vivace non troppo
Track length4:10
3. Adagio
Track length8:51
4. Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso assai
Track length9:24
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 'Italian'
Work length28:19
1. Allegro vivace
Track length10:14
2. Andante con moto
Track length5:59
3. Menuetto. Con moto grazioso
Track length6:22
4. Saltarello. Allegro di molto
Track length5:44

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December 2009

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. The generous acoustic of the Jesus-Christi-Kirche gives a lovely shine to the strings.

December 2014

Ashkenazy leads the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra in this set of all five symphonies - an excellent way to get to know these great works for a very reasonable price!
David Smith
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