Symphony No. 2 "Lobgesang"

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & Heidelberger Sinfoniker & Thomas Fey

Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52, 'Lobgesang' is a choral symphony by German composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, composed and first performed in 1840. Combining orchestral writing with choral and solo-vocal movements, it merges Baroque-inspired counterpoint and chorale-like passages with Romantic melodic and harmonic language, and occupies a place in Mendelssohn's later career as a work that bridges his orchestral and sacred music output.

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    Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 "Lobgesang" I. Sinfonia 1 Maestoso con moto - Allegro
    11:14
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 "Lobgesang" I. Sinfonia 2 Allegretto un poco agitato
    5:24
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    Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 "Lobgesang" I. Sinfonia 3 Adagio religioso
    6:19
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    Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 "Lobgesang" II. Chorus: Alles, was Odem hat, lobe den Herrn
    4:30
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    Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 "Lobgesang" Aria (soprano II) and women's chorus: Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele
    1:58
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    Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 "Lobgesang" III: Recitative (tenor): Sagest es, die ihr erlöset seid
    0:47
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    Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 "Lobgesang" Aria (tenor): Er zählet uns're Tränen
    1:59
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    Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 "Lobgesang" IV. Chorus: Saget es, die ihr erlöset seid
    1:49
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    Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 "Lobgesang" V. Duet (soprano I & II) and Chorus: Ich harrete des Herrn
    4:49
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    Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 "Lobgesang" VI. Aria (tenor): Striche des Todes hatten uns umfangen
    4:01
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    Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 "Lobgesang" Soprano & VII. Chorus: Die Nacht ist vergangen
    4:27
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    Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 "Lobgesang" VII. Chorale: Nun danket alle Gott
    5:30
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    Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 "Lobgesang" IX. Duet (sopran I & tenor): Drum sing' ich mit meinem Liede
    4:29
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    Symphony no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 52 "Lobgesang" X. Final Chorus: Ihr Völker! Bringet her dem Herrn Ehre und Macht
    5:22

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