Symphonies Nos. 1-3 / Fingal's Cave

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & Beethoven Orchester Bonn & Dennis Russell Davies

This compilation album collects Felix Mendelssohn's first three symphonies alongside a prominent overture, with the works composed between 1824 and 1842. The music traces Mendelssohn's early-to-mid career development, blending classical forms with Romantic lyricism, fleet-footed orchestration and evocative orchestral colour that situates these pieces within nineteenth-century orchestral practice.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11: I. Allegro di molto
    10:06
  2. 2.
    Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11: II. Andante
    6:21
  3. 3.
    Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11: III. Menuetto allegro molto
    7:54
  4. 4.
    Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11: IV. Allegro con fuoco
    8:33
  5. 5.
    Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52: I. Maestoso - Allegro molto
    12:18
  6. 6.
    Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52: II. Allegretto un poco agitato
    6:15
  7. 7.
    Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52: III. Adagio religioso
    8:45

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "The Scottish": I. Introduction. Allegro agitato
    16:30
  2. 3.
    Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "The Scottish": II. Scherzo. Assai vivace
    4:29
  3. 4.
    Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "The Scottish": III. Adagio cantabile
    9:26
  4. 5.
    Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "The Scottish": IV. Allegro guerriero - Finale maestoso
    9:58
  5. 6.
    Fingal's Cave Overture, Op. 26
    10:05

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