Mendelssohn: Complete Psalm Cantatas

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Release Date: 22nd Apr 2013
Catalogue No: 94603
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 80 minutes

Mendelssohn: Psalm 42, Op. 42 'Wie der Hirsch schreit'

Work length21:40

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Isabelle Muller-Cant (soprano), Petra Labitzke (soprano)
Chamber Choir of Europe, Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen
Nicol Matt
Recorded: 2002
Recording Venue: Studio der Wurttembergischen Philharmonie Reutlingen, Germany

Wie der Hirsch schreit (Chorus)

Track length5:16

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Aria: Meine Seele durstet nach Gott (Soprano)

Track length2:17

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Recitative: Meine Tranen sind (Soprano)

Track length2:49

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Denn ich wollte (Soprano, Chorus)

Track length1:47

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Was betrubst du dich, meine Seele (Chorus)

Track length1:25

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Quintetto: Der Herr hat des Tages (Soprano)

Track length3:36

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Schulsschor: Was betrubst du dich, meine Seele

Track length4:30

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Mendelssohn: Kommt, lasst uns anbeten, Op. 46, MWV A16, "Psalm 95"

Work length22:29

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Isabelle Muller-Cant (soprano), Petra Labitzke (soprano), Daniel Sans (tenor), Gerhard Nennemann (tenor)
Chamber Choir of Europe, Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen
Nicol Matt
Recorded: 2002
Recording Venue: Studio der Wurttembergischen Philharmonie Reutlingen, Germany

Kommt, lasst uns anbeten und knien vor dem Herrn (Tenor, Chorus)

Track length5:06

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Kommet herzu, lasst uns dem Herrn frohlocken! (Soprano, Chorus)

Track length5:54

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Duet: Denn in seiner Hand ist (Soprano 1, Soprano 2)

Track length3:18

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Denn sein ist das Meer (Tenor, Chorus)

Track length2:38

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Huet, so ihr seine Stimme horet (Tenor, Chorus)

Track length5:33

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Mendelssohn: Singet dem Herrn, Op. 91, MWV A23 "Psalm 98"

Work length7:11

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Isabelle Muller-Cant (soprano), Petra Labitzke (soprano), Daniel Sans (tenor), Gerhard Nennemann (tenor), Manfred Bittner (bass), Christof Fischesser (bass)
Chamber Choir of Europe, Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen
Nicol Matt
Recorded: 2002
Recording Venue: Studio der Wurttembergischen Philharmonie Reutlingen, Germany

Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Bass, Chorus)

Track length1:22

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Der Herr lasst sein Heil verkundigen (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)

Track length1:08

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Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Weit (Chorus)

Track length2:22

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Er wird den Erdkreis richten mit Gerechtigkeit (Chorus)

Track length2:19

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Mendelssohn: Psalm 114, Op. 51, MWV A17

Work length12:45

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Chamber Choir of Europe, Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen
Nicol Matt
Recorded: 2002
Recording Venue: Studio der Wurttembergischen Philharmonie Reutlingen, Germany

Da Israel aus Agypten zog (Chorus)

Track length2:11

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Das Meer sah und floh (Chorus)

Track length2:31

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Was war dir, du Meer (Chorus)

Track length3:57

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Vor dem Herm bebte die Erde (Chorus)

Track length4:06

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Mendelssohn: Psalm 115, Op. 31 'Non Nobis, Domine'

Work length16:21

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Isabelle Muller-Cant (soprano), Petra Labitzke (soprano), Daniel Sans (tenor), Gerhard Nennemann (tenor), Manfred Bittner (bass), Christof Fischesser (bass)
Chamber Choir of Europe, Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen
Nicol Matt
Recorded: 2002
Recording Venue: Studio der Wurttembergischen Philharmonie Reutlingen, Germany

Nicht unserm Namen, Herr, nur deinem geheilligten (Chorus)

Track length5:01

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Duet: Israel hofft auf dich, du wirst sie beschutzen in Not (Soprano, Tenor)

Track length4:32

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Aria: Er segne euch je mehr und mehr (Bass)

Track length3:26

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Die Toten werden dich nicht loben (Chorus)

Track length3:22

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The only single CD with the complete Psalm Cantatas available.

Mendelssohn’s Psalm Cantatas are small scale works for vocal soloists, choir and orchestra, based on well known psalms, expressing the general emotional content of the psalm in dramatic and romantic musical language. The writing is firmly rooted in the German choral tradition, no wonder for a composer who revived Bach’s Matthäus Passion in his time.

Single issue drawn from the set of the complete choral works by Mendelssohn performed by the Chamber Choir of Europe conducted by Nicol Matt, a set which received uniform praise in the international press, among others a prestigious “Diapason d’Or”. Booklet contains liner notes and sung texts.

These cantatas, although relatively disregarded by the overly self‐critical composer and consequently only published in the 1970s and 80s, demonstrate Mendelssohn’s ability to strike a pleasing and impressive balance between the two extremes of this debate. The pieces are certainly not ‘utility music’ intended merely to serve a specific purpose within a church service; but neither do they cast off the liturgical framework in the manner of Beethoven’s Ninth or Mendelssohn’s ‘Reformation’ Symphony. Each one succeeds in having its own captivating effect capable of transporting the listener. The Psalm Cantatas are performed here by the Chamber Choir of Europe who, among numerous other feats, have already recorded the complete sacred choral works of both Mozart and Mendelssohn. They are led by Nicol Matt, a specialist in church music who has had several releases on Brilliant Classics and sold over eight million CDs worldwide.

Mendelssohn: Complete Psalm Cantatas

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