Edward Gardner / City Of Birmingham SO -Mendelssohn in Birmingham Vol.5 -Chandos Records SACD+CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Overtures

01. "Overture to 'Paulus', Op.36"

02. "Die sch?ne Melusine, Op.32"

03. "Trumpet' Overture, Op.101"

04. "The Hebrides, Op.26"

05. "Overture to 'Athalie', Op.74"

06. "Ein Sommernachtsbraum, Op.21"
Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Op.27

07. "Meeresstille -"

08. "Glückliche Fahrt"

09. "Overture to 'Ruy Blas', Op.95"

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City Of Birmingham S.o./ Edward Gardner

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Mendelssohn In Birmingham by Leonidas Kavakos, released 21 June 2019. This version of Mendelssohn In Birmingham comes as a 1xSuper Audio. - CITY OF BIRMINGHAM S.O./EDWARD GARDNER

Edward Gardner's Mendelssohn in Birmingham series continues with a recording of Overtures. As with the previous volumes, a reduced size CBSO join Gardner in Birmingham Town's Hall, where Mendelssohn himself conducted many of the UK premieres of his own orchestral works. The majority of works in the programme were written as concert overtures, spanning the length of Mendelssohn's career from the early Midsummer Night's Dream composed when he was just 16 though to 'Ruy Blas' written towards the end of his lifetime. Two of these overtures were written as the opening movements of larger works: 'St Paul', his first great Oratorio from 1836, and his overture to 'Athalie', incidental music written for Racine's play. The Trumpet Overture is the earliest work here, written possibly to precede a performance of Handel's Israel in Egypt, and allegedly Mendelssohn's father's favourite piece!

Comes in a standard jewel case with transparent tray, with 44-page booklet Liner notes in English, German and French Recording venue Town Hall, Birmingham; 20 and 21 October 2013 (The Hebrides), 16 February 2014 (Ruy Blas), 15 and 16 February 2014 (Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt), 13 and 14 July 2015 (Ein Sommernachtstraum) & 10 and 11 July 2018 (other works) Front cover Victorian engraving of Town Hall, Birmingham, Midlands, England, 1840 Recorded in 24-bit / 96 kHz ? 2019 Chandos Records Ltd. © 2019 Chandos Records Ltd. Country of origin UK TT 74:53 Additional tracklist information: ? Track 1: (1832 ? 36) in A major Oratorio on Words from Holy Scripture ? Track 2: (1833 ? 34, revised 1835) in F major Overture after Franz Grillparzer ? Track 3: (c. 1825 ? 26, revised 1833) in C major ? Track 4: (1830, revised 1832) in B minor Overture Dem Kronprinzen von Preußen gewidmet (Friedrich Wilhelm IV.) ? Track 5: (1842 ? 44) in F Major from Incidental Music to the Play by Jean Racine ? Track 6: (1826) In E major Overture after William Shakespeare Dem Kronprinzen von Preussen gewidmet (Friedrich Wilhelm IV.) ? Index track for 7 to 8: (1828, revised 1834) in D major Overture after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Dem Kronprinzen von Preussen gewidmet (Friedrich Wilhelm IV.) ? Track 8: (1839, revised 1844) in C Major after Victor Hugo Photos: ? © Benjamin Ealovega Photography (Booklet p. 15, 27 & back)

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CHSA5235

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