String Symphonies

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & The Hanover Band & Roy Goodman

String Symphonies is a collection of twelve early string symphonies by Felix Mendelssohn, composed between 1821 and 1823. Rooted in Classical and Baroque chamber traditions, they feature concise forms, transparent string textures and contrapuntal writing influenced by his study of earlier masters, and they occupy a formative place in Mendelssohn's development as a composer, foreshadowing his later orchestral and choral work.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Symphony No. 1 in C major: I. Allegro
    4:45
  2. 2.
    String Symphony No. 1 in C major: II. Andante
    3:32
  3. 3.
    String Symphony No. 1 in C major: III. Allegro
    2:44
  4. 4.
    String Symphony No. 2 in D major: I. Allegro
    4:20
  5. 5.
    String Symphony No. 2 in D major: II. Andante
    4:29
  6. 6.
    String Symphony No. 2 in D major: III. Allegro vivace
    2:13
  7. 7.
    String Symphony No. 3 in E minor: I. Allegro di molto
    3:54
  8. 8.
    String Symphony No. 3 in E minor: II. Andante
    2:57
  9. 9.
    String Symphony No. 3 in E minor: III. Allegro
    2:28
  10. 10.
    String Symphony No. 4 in C minor: I. Grave - Allegro
    3:16
  11. 11.
    String Symphony No. 4 in C minor: II. Andante
    2:35
  12. 12.
    String Symphony No. 4 in C minor: III. Allegro vivace
    2:41
  13. 13.
    String Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major: I. Allegro
    4:16
  14. 14.
    String Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major: II. Andante
    2:45
  15. 15.
    String Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major: III. Presto
    4:00
  16. 16.
    String Symphony No. 6 in E-flat major: I. Allegro
    3:13
  17. 17.
    String Symphony No. 6 in E-flat major: II. Menuetto
    4:34
  18. 18.
    String Symphony No. 6 in E-flat major: III. Prestissimo
    3:49
  19. 19.
    String Symphony No. 10 in B minor: Adagio - Allegro
    10:20

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Symphony No. 7 in D minor: I. Allegro
    5:37
  2. 3.
    String Symphony No. 7 in D minor: II. Andante
    5:17
  3. 4.
    String Symphony No. 7 in D minor: III. Menuetto
    3:59
  4. 5.
    String Symphony No. 7 in D minor: IV. Allegro molto
    6:50
  5. 6.
    String Symphony No. 8 in D major: I. Adagio - Allegro
    10:34
  6. 7.
    String Symphony No. 8 in D major: II. Adagio
    5:33
  7. 8.
    String Symphony No. 8 in D major: III. Menuetto
    6:38
  8. 9.
    String Symphony No. 8 in D major: IV. Allegro molto
    7:24
  9. 10.
    String Symphony No. 12 in G minor: I. Fuga: Grave - Allegro
    5:18
  10. 11.
    String Symphony No. 12 in G minor: II. Andante
    7:30
  11. 12.
    String Symphony No. 12 in G minor: III. Allegro molto
    9:36

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    String Symphony No. 9 in C major: I. Grave - Allegro
    11:23
  2. 4.
    String Symphony No. 9 in C major: II. Andante
    6:31
  3. 5.
    String Symphony No. 9 in C major: III. Scherzo
    3:36
  4. 6.
    String Symphony No. 9 in C major: IV. Allegro vivace
    7:15
  5. 7.
    String Symphony No. 11 in F major: I. Adagio - Allegro molto
    12:45
  6. 8.
    String Symphony No. 11 in F major: II. Scherzo commodo Schweizerlied
    4:18
  7. 9.
    String Symphony No. 11 in F major: III. Adagio
    9:11
  8. 10.
    String Symphony No. 11 in F major: IV. Menuetto: Allegro moderato
    4:26
  9. 11.
    String Symphony No. 11 in F major: V. Allegro molto
    10:00
  10. 12.
    String Symphony No. 13 in C minor: Grave - Allegro molto
    7:12

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