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Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.11
1. Allegro di molto
2. Andante
3. Menuetto (Allegro molto)
4. Allegro con fuoco
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.107 - "Reformation"
1. Andante - Allegro con fuoco
2. Allegro vivace
3. Andante
4. Choral "Ein' Feste Burg ist unser Gott!" (Andante con moto - Allegro vivace - Allegro maestoso - Più animato poco a poco)
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No.2 in B flat, Op.52 - "Hymn of Praise"
1. Sinfonia: Maestoso con moto
1. Sinfonia: Allegretto un poco agitato
1. Sinfonia: Adagio religioso
2. "Alles was Odem hat, lobe den Herrn" - "Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele"
3. "Saget es, die ihr erlöst seid" - "Er zählet unsre Tränen"
4. "Sagt es, die ihr erlöset seid"
5. "Ich harrete des Herrn". "Wohl dem, der seine Hoffnu
6. "Stricke des Todes hatten uns umfangen"
7. "Die Nacht ist vergangen"
8. "Nun danket alle Gott" - "Lob, Ehr' und Preis sei Gott"
9. "Drum sing ich mit meinem Liede ewig"
10. "Ihr Völker, bringet her dem Herrn Ehre und Macht"
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 - "Scottish"
1. Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato - Assai animato - Andante come prima
2. Vivace non troppo
3. Adagio
4. Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso assai
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 in A, Op.90 - "Italian" - revised version (1834)
1. Allegro vivace
2. Andante con moto
3. Menuetto. Con moto grazioso
4. Saltarello. Allegro di molto
December 2009
“Ashkenazy makes the climax of the Adagio [in the Scottish] dramatically urgent rather than sombrely massive, and conducts perhaps the most ferocious finale on disc, steely trumpets to the fore. The generous acoustic of the Jesus-Christi-Kirche gives a lovely shine to the strings.”
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