FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY

Magnificat

 

Magnificat

Gloria

Jesu meine Freude

Tu es petrus Op. 111

Wir glauben all an einen Gott

 

Andrea L. Brown – sop. Monica Groop – alto. Werner Güra – tenor. Michael Volle - bass

Kammerchor Stuttgart, Deutsche, Kammerphilharmonie / Frieder Bernius

 

The continuation of the Carus Mendelssohn series: The Magnificat and Gloria, written in 1822, are Mendelssohn’s first large-scale works which he composed for reasons other than study purposes. The influence of the intense cultivation of Bach by his teacher, Carl Friedrich Zelter, and the Berlin Sing-Akademie are clearly evident, as in the later chorale cantatas. The masterful 19-voice motet, Tu es Petrus, which Mendelssohn gave his sister as a birthday present, he had planned to publish as his very first sacred work. Frieder Bernius and the Kammerchor Stuttgart present a further addition to their model, prizewinning CD series of Mendelssohn’s complete sacred works.

 

“The performances throughout are first-class, with Andrea Brown a radiant soprano, and chorus and orchestra both full of life and energy.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2009

 

“The use of trumpets and timpani in both works but especially in the Magnificat is thrilling, and is superbly performed here, with bite and thrust….a generously filled disc, with a dauntingly wide dynamic range.” Gramophone, May 2009

 

Carus SACD CARUS83216