John Eliot Gardiner conducts Brahms and Mendelssohn
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir, Lucy Crowe, Ann Hallenberg, Werner Güra
Johannes Brahms
Schicksalslied, op. 54Monteverdi Choir
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, op. 52 “Hymn of Praise”Lucy Crowe soprano, Ann Hallenberg mezzo-soprano, Werner Güra tenor, Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner and his Monteverdi Choir present two key choral works from the Romantic period. During this era, spiritual music was intended to edify. Johannes Brahms does that in his dramatic Schicksalslied by reinterpreting Hölderlin’s resigned text with an optimistic epilogue. Mendelssohn’s Second Symphony, on the other hand, shows the way from darkness into the radiant vision of a better world with melodious choruses, duets and arias.
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