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Author Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847, composer.

Title The symphonies. I / Mendelssohn.

Publication Info. London : Decca, [1999]
℗1977, ©1999

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 Talbott Media  CD 25217    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 2 audio discs (138 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time 002728 003335 010643
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
plastic metal
Description digital
optical
stereo
1.4 m/s
audio file
CD audio
Medium of Performance 1st work orchestra 1 1
2nd work alto voice 1 tenor voice 1 baritone voice 1 bass voice 1 mixed chorus 1 orchestra 1 4 2
3rd work soprano voice 2 tenor voice 1 organ 1 mixed chorus 1 orchestra 1 4 2
Note For orchestra; the 2nd work with ATBarB soloists and mixed chorus; the 3rd work with SST soloists, mixed chorus and organ.
The 2nd-3rd works are symphony-cantatas.
Title from container.
Text of the 2nd work by Goethe; Biblical texts in the 3rd.
Performer In the 2nd work: Margarita Lilowa, contralto ; Horst Laubenthal, tenor ; Tom Krause, baritone ; Alfred Sramek, bass ; Wiener Singverein. In the 3rd work: Sona Ghazarian, Edita Gruberova, sopranos ; Werner Krenn, tenor ; Josef Böch, organ ; Wiener Staatsopernchor ; in all works: Wiener Philharmoniker ; Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor. .
Event 1st work Recorded 1976 June Sofiensaal, Vienna.
2nd-3rd works Recorded 1976 November Sofiensaal, Vienna.
Note Previously released material.
Program notes by Kenneth Chalmers in English and sung texts with English translations (18 pages) inserted in container.
Contents Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 11 (27:28) -- Die erste Walpurgisnacht : op. 60 (33:35) -- Symphony no. 2 in B flat major, op. 52 : Lobgesang = Hymn of praise (66:43).
Language Sung in German.
Subject Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 -- Musical settings.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
Genre/Form Musical settings.
Subject Symphonies.
Symphonies.
Cantatas, Secular.
Cantatas, Secular.
Genre/Form Cantatas, Secular.
Subject Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
Cantatas, Sacred.
Cantatas, Sacred.
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
Genre/Form Symphonies.
Symphonies.
Cantatas.
Cantatas.
Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Musical settings.
Added Author Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832, author.
Lilova, Margarita, 1935-2012, singer.
Laubenthal, Horst R., singer.
Krause, Tom, singer.
Sramek, Alfred, singer.
Ghazarian, Sona, singer.
Gruberova, Edita, 1946-2021, singer.
Krenn, Werner, singer.
Böch, Josef, instrumentalist.
Dohnányi, Christoph von, conductor.
Chalmers, Kenneth, writer of added commentary.
2nd work Musical setting of (work): Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Erste Walpurgisnacht.
Container of (work): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Symphonies, no. 1, op. 11, C minor.
Container of (work): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Erste Walpurgisnacht.
Container of (work): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Lobgesang.
Wiener Philharmoniker, instrumentalist.
Wiener Singverein, singer.
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, singer.
Added Title Works. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83017056
Standard No. 028946023624
Music No. 289 460 236-2 Decca (set)
289 460 237-2 Decca (disc 1)
289 460 238-2 Decca (disc 2)