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…the effortless quality of the RIAS Kammerchor's sound, transparent, high-soaring, imbues this naïve repertoire with a real sense of joy… — BBC Music Magazine, January 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 24th Nov 2008
Catalogue No: HMC901992
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 66 minutes

Mendelssohn: Sechs Lieder im Freien zu singen, Op. 41

Work length12:43

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RIAS Kammerchor, Hans-Christoph Rademann

I. Im Walde

Track length2:26

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II. Entflieh' mit mir

Track length1:40

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III. Es fiel ein Reif

Track length1:23

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IV. Auf ihrem Grab

Track length1:43

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V. Mailied

Track length2:49

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VI. Auf dem See

Track length2:42

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Mendelssohn: Sechs Lieder im Freien zu singen, Op. 48

Work length12:56

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RIAS Kammerchor, Hans-Christoph Rademann

I. Frühlingsahnung

Track length1:52

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II. Die Primel

Track length1:22

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III. Frühlingsfeier

Track length2:04

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IV. Lerchengesang

Track length1:38

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V. Morgengebet

Track length2:45

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VI. Herbstlied

Track length3:15

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Mendelssohn: Sechs Lieder im Freien zu singen, Op. 59

Work length15:53

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RIAS Kammerchor, Hans-Christoph Rademann

I. Im Grünen

Track length1:49

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II. Frühzeitiger Frühling

Track length3:05

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III. Abschied vom Walde

Track length3:25

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IV. Die Nachtigall

Track length1:57

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V. Ruhetal

Track length2:34

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VI. Jagdlied

Track length3:03

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Mendelssohn: Sechs Lieder, Op. 88

Work length15:09

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RIAS Kammerchor, Hans-Christoph Rademann

I. Neujahrslied

Track length3:00

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II. Der Glückliche

Track length2:00

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III. Hirtenlied

Track length2:40

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IV. Die Waldvögelein

Track length2:01

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V. Deutschland

Track length2:36

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VI. Der wandernde Musikant

Track length2:52

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Mendelssohn: 4 Lieder, Op. 100

Work length9:35

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RIAS Kammerchor, Hans-Christoph Rademann

1. Andenken

Track length2:46

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2. Lob des Frühlings

Track length1:48

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3. Frühlingslied

Track length2:22

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4. Im Wald

Track length2:39

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Mendelssohn once said,“The most natural music of all occurs when four people go out together in the woods or in a boat, and carry the music with them and inside them!” These pieces for chorus, sparkling musical miniatures, are perhaps the finest illustration of this profession of artistic faith. Mendelssohn’s lovely choral music tends to get overshadowed by that of Brahms and by Mendelssohn’s own works in other genres.This disc makes a strong case for a reassessment of the musical merit of his work in this genre. Berlin’s RIAS- Kammerchor has established itself as a world-class ensemble which owes its reputation chiefly to the performance of a cappella works. Led here by their new principal conductor, Hans-Christoph Rademann, the group continues its tradition of heartfelt music-making.

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January 2009

…the effortless quality of the RIAS Kammerchor's sound, transparent, high-soaring, imbues this naïve repertoire with a real sense of joy…

2010

But how delightful! Here come Herr Mendelssohn and his choir, walking across the fields making directly for our neck of the woods where we are about to enjoy our own déjeuner sur l'herbe. Certainly Mendelssohn liked to take his singers out into the country and particularly to the woods, the 'temple of harmony' as one of his part-songs has it. And if they sang Mendelssohn's pleasant compositions as beautifully as the RIAS choir sing them here, how welcome they would be. Even Wordsworth, listening to the 'still, sad music of humanity', might not have been too put out; for these, on the whole, are Wordsworthian poems, and the settings, however trim and cultivated, are closer to Wordsworth's Nature than to the world of business and 'greetings where no kindness is'.
They are, in fact, kindly works, kindly on the ear and on the voices. Essentially homophonic in their writing for unaccompanied choir, they never leave the individual parts without interest, whether a point of harmony, an imitative phrase or a solo lead. Within the equable sameness of the manner there are many variations and shades of expression. The RIAS Chamber Choir, with their irreproachable homogeneity of tone and flawless intonation, are alive to all the finer points of phrasing and coloration.

January 2009

The RIAS Chamber Choir, with their irreproachable homogeneity of tone and flawless intonation, are alive to all the finer points of phrasing and coloration. These part-songs, to be sung "im Freien", or in the open air, make a refreshing programme, and certainly they could not be better performed.

Mendelssohn - Choral Works

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