Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks Muenchner Rundfunkorchester Raudales - Zwei Leben Fur Die Musik - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. No. 1 in C Major 2. No. 2 in A minor 3. No. 3 in E Major 4. No. 4 in C-Sharp minor 5. No. 5 in G-Flat Major 6. No. 6 in E-Flat minor 7. No. 7 in C Major 8. No. 8 in F Major 9. No. 9 in F minor 10. No. 10 in A-Flat Major 11. No. 11 in E-Flat Major 12. No. 12 in C minor 13. No. 1 in A-Flat Major 14. No. 2 in F minor 15. No. 3 in F Major 16. No. 4 in A minor 17. No. 5 in E minor 18. No. 6 in G-Sharp minor 19. No. 7 in C-Sharp minor 20. No. 8 in D-Flat Major 21. No. 9 in G-Flat Major 22. No. 10 in B minor 23. No. 11 in A minor 24. No. 12 in C minor

This CD box set from BR-KLASSIK combines Mendelssohn's twelve string symphonies, his InchSymphoniesatzInch in C minor (No. 13) and his early violin concerto in D minor in the form of studio recordings made by the Münchner Rundfunkorchester under it's leader Henry Raudales. The violinist has won several awards and made numerous recordings with the orchestra as a conductor and soloist. (The Violin Concerto and Symphonies Nos. 1-6 have already been released separately). It was thanks to his father's penchant for organizing musical concerts in his family's Berlin apartment on Sunday mornings that the 11-year-old Felix Mendelssohn began to compose quite a long series of string symphonies, and also that the works were initially performed. The study of music and composition spurred the young composer on greatly; his diligence as well as his youthful creativity developed early, and he made astonishing progress. In 1821, he wrote the first half of his string symphonies, which together took less than two years to complete. During performances that formed part of the concerts at home, he always took over the direction of the chamber orchestra, which consisted of amateur and professional musicians from the Berlin court orchestra. Mendelssohn's early concerto for violin and string orchestra, written at around the same time for his violin teacher Eduard Rietz, was probably played in the same setting. Formally, it owes much to the concertos of Johann Sebastian Bach, but it clearly sounds like Mendelssohn. Ever since their long-lost manuscripts were successfully rediscovered in 1950, Mendelssohn's early string symphonies have been a fixed part of the string and chamber orchestra repertoire. In the youthful freshness and carefreeness of these early works, one can already hear echoes of the instrumental masterpieces by this important symphonic composer of early Romanticism that were so

Following Giuseppe Verdi's InchLuisa MillerInch, with which Ivan Repušic made his debut as principal conductor of the Münchner Rundfunkorchester in September 2017, and InchI due FoscariInch in October 2018, the conductor's successful cycle of early masterpieces by the famous Italian opera composer now continues with InchAttilaInch. In the recording of the concert performance from the Prinzregententheater, outstanding performers provide authentic fluidity and vocal splendor. This highlight of Munich musical life from the end of last year is now already being released on BR-KLASSIK as a double album. Like it's predecessors InchNabuccoInch and InchI LombardiInch, Verdi's early masterpiece InchAttilaInch is a choral opera in the best sense, and gained an enthusiastic reception from the Italian unification movement it's themes reflected the aspirations of the Risorgimento in the restless Italy of that time. The line InchAvrai tu l'universo, resti l'Italia a meInch (InchYou may have the universe, but let Italy remain mineInch) was enthusiastically received right from the start, helping to pave the way for the opera on the stages of Italy and Europe. It was not only the audience at the premiere at the Teatro La Fenice in Habsburg-ruled Venice who understood the full import of those words. Hardly any other opera by Verdi was received in Italy with so much euphoria. Outside the country, of course, it failed to make a lasting impression - probably also due to the extremely difficult role of Odabella.