Frieder Bernius, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen - Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Magnificat; Kirchenwerke VIII (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 326 Mb | Total time: 69:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Carus | # CAR 83.216 | Recorded: 2008
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 326 Mb | Total time: 69:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Carus | # CAR 83.216 | Recorded: 2008
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.