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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... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd March 2024
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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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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winners 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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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... —
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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'
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... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, Editor's Choice
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Coming soon. Mendelssohn: Paulus, Elias, Symphonies Nos. 1-5
Georg Zeppenfeld (Paulus), Andrè Schuen (Elijah), Gewandhausorchester, Andris Nelsons
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Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 3
sung in English, Mary Bevan (soprano I), Sophie Bevan (soprano II) & Benjamin Hulett (tenor)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus, Edward Gardner
Calm Sea is one of Mendelssohn's most evocative pieces...and Edward Gardner conducts a most sensitive performance...[in the Symphony] Gardner stresses what over the years we have come to consider... —
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Coming soon. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 'Lobgesang'
Jone Martínez, Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Eri Sawae, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
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Special offer. 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... —
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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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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.... —
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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: Symphonies Nos. 1-5
NDR Chor, Pavol Breslik (tenor), Maria Bengtsson (soprano), Johanna Winkel (soprano), Kammerakademie Potsdam, Antonello Manacorda
Execution is more than capable, with no scrambling in the whirling Allegros of the “Scottish” and “Italian” Symphonies. In the Saltarello finale of the “Italian” one notices how eagerly the... —
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Special offer. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 'Lobgesang'
Anna Lucia Richter & Esther Dierkes (sopranos) & Robin Tritschler (tenor)
NDR Chor, WDR Rundfunkchor & NDR Radiophilharmonie, Andrew Manze
Mendelssohn’s Symphony-Cantata, the Hymn of Praise, is given a zesty and joyful performance. Manze encourages transparent textures and clean lines. —
