String Symphonies, Vol. 1: nos. 1 - 6

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & Northern Chamber Orchestra & Nicholas Ward

String Symphonies, Vol. 1: nos. 1-6 is a collection of early string symphonies by Felix Mendelssohn, composed between 1821 and 1823. These concise works display transparent, classically rooted string textures, clear formal structures and early-Romantic melodic invention, and they occupy a formative place in Mendelssohn's development towards his later orchestral and symphonic output.
First released: 1995

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony No. 1 in C major: I. Allegro
    4:35
  2. 2.
    Symphony No. 1 in C major: II. Andante
    3:44
  3. 3.
    Symphony No. 1 in C major: III. Allegro
    3:18
  4. 4.
    Symphony No. 2 in D major: I. Allegro
    4:04
  5. 5.
    Symphony No. 2 in D major: II. Andante
    4:09
  6. 6.
    Symphony No. 2 in D major: III. Allegro vivace
    2:21
  7. 7.
    Symphony No. 3 in E minor: I. Allegro di molto
    3:53
  8. 8.
    Symphony No. 3 in E minor: II. Andante
    2:51
  9. 9.
    Symphony No. 3 in E minor: III. Allegro
    2:28
  10. 10.
    Symphony No. 4 in C minor: I. Grave - Allegro
    3:16
  11. 11.
    Symphony No. 4 in C minor: II. Andante
    2:44
  12. 12.
    Symphony No. 4 in C minor: III. Allegro vivace
    2:40
  13. 13.
    Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major: I. Allegro vivace
    4:16
  14. 14.
    Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major: II. Andante
    3:01
  15. 15.
    Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major: III. Presto
    3:51
  16. 16.
    Symphony No. 6 in E-flat major: I. Allegro
    3:31
  17. 17.
    Symphony No. 6 in E-flat major: II. Menuetto - Trio I - Menuetto - Trio II
    4:07
  18. 18.
    Symphony No. 6 in E-flat major: III. Prestissimo
    3:42

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