Utwory na płycie:

• Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt- Op 27 - Meeresstille Adagio -
• Meeresstille und gluckliche Fahrt- Op 27 - Glückliche Fahrt Molto allegro e vivace - Allegro maestoso
• Symphony No 2- Op 52 Hymn of Praise - Sinfonia Maestoso con moto - Allegro - Animato -
• Symphony No 2- Op 52 Hymn of Praise - Allegretto un poco agitato -
• Symphony No 2- Op 52 Hymn of Praise - Adagio religioso -
• Symphony No 2- Op 52 Hymn of Praise - Allegro moderato maestoso - Chorus- All men- all things- all that has life and breath - Animato
• Symphony No 2- Op 52 Hymn of Praise - Molto più moderato ma con fuoco Soprano I- Praise thou the Lord- O my spirit -
• Symphony No 2- Op 52 Hymn of Praise - Recitativo Tenor- Sing ye praise- all ye redeemed of the Lord -
• Symphony No 2- Op 52 Hymn of Praise - Allegro moderato Tenor- He counteth all your sorrows in the time of need -
• Symphony No 2- Op 52 Hymn of Praise - Chorus A tempo moderato All ye that cried unto the Lord in distress and deep affliction -
• Symphony No 2- Op 52 Hymn of Praise - Andante Soprano I and II- with Chorus- I waited for the Lord- He inclined unto me -
• Symphony No 2- Op 52 Hymn of Praise - Allegro un poco agitato Tenor- The sorrows of death had closed all around me -
• Symphony No 2- Op 52 Hymn of Praise - Allegro assai agitato -
• Symphony No 2- Op 52 Hymn of Praise - Allegro maestoso e molto vivace Chorus- The night is departing -
• Symphony No 2- Op 52 Hymn of Praise - Chorale Andante con moto Let all men praise the Lord -
• Symphony No 2- Op 52 Hymn of Praise - Un poco più animato Glory and praise to God -
• Symphony No 2- Op 52 Hymn of Praise - Andante sostenuto assai Tenor and Soprano I- My song shall be alway Thy mercy -
• Symphony No 2- Op 52 Hymn of Praise - Final Chorus Allegro non tropo Ye Natons- offer to the Lord glory and might! -
• Symphony No 2- Op 52 Hymn of Praise - Più vivace O give thanks to the Lord -

Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Symphony No. 2 ‘Hymn of Praise’

This is the third recording in our Mendelssohn in Birmingham series, with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and its Principal Guest Conductor, Edward Gardner. The album features Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage (Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt) and Symphony No. 2, completing our survey of Mendelssohn’s mature symphonies. Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage is the second in a trilogy of concert overtures by Mendelssohn, the two others being A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Hebrides, the latter recorded on Vol. 1 in this Chandos series. Based on two poems by Goethe these sonorous images describe a ship helplessly becalmed in the open sea, then carried by rising winds towards land. The densely textured, immensely slow opening evocation of oceanic calm and the following quickening full-orchestral crescendo strikingly depict Goethe’s verses. Symphony No. 2 was valued as one of Mendelssohn’s greatest and most influential achievement for much of the nineteenth century – not least in Britain – but it has since come to be viewed equivocally. A fusion of neo-baroque procedures with romantic sentiment provides the backdrop of this hybrid Symphony- Cantata, made up of three orchestral movements and a choral finale, in which smooth contrapuntal arias contrast with exuberant, dramatic choral sections. The soloists are all emerging young artists in Britain, the wonderfully talented soprano sisters Mary and Sophie Bevan and the tenor Benjamin Hulett.