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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang" (with Score)

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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise)" (with Score)
Composed: 1840
Soprano: Sona Ghazarian, Edita Gruberová
Tenor: Werner Krenn
Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi
Chorus: Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker
1. Sinfonia:
- 00:00 Maestoso con moto - Allegro (B-flat major)
- 12:15 Allegretto un poco agitato (G minor)
- 17:23 Adagio religioso (D major)
24:55 2. Soprano, Chorus: "Alles was Odem hat lobe den Herrn" Allegro moderato maestoso (B-flat major)
32:09 3. Tenor: "Saget es, die ihr erlöst seid durch den Herrn" Recitativ - Allegro moderato. (G minor)
34:56 4. Chorus: "Sagt es, die ihr erlöst seid vor dem Herrn" A tempo moderato. (G minor)
37:01 5. 2 Sopranos, Chorus: "Ich harrete des Herrn." Andante (E-flat major)
42:42 6. Soprano, Tenor: "Strick des Todes hatten uns umfangen." Allegro un poco agitato - Allegro assai agitato (C minor)
46:27 7. Chorus: "Die Nacht ist vergangen" Allegro maestoso e molto vivace. (D major)
51:17 8. Chorus: "Nun danket alle Gott." Andante con moto (G major)
56:41 9. Soprano, Tenor: "Drum sing’ ich mit meinem Liede" Andante sostenuto assai. (B-flat major)
1:01:15 10. Chorus: "Ihr Völker! bringet her dem Herrn Ehre und Macht" Allegro non troppo (B-flat major)
After the "Italian" symphony, Mendelssohn waited seven years before returning to the genre, composing the Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52, for the celebrations in Leipzig of the 400th anniversary of the invention of the printing press. For this event Mendelssohn also composed his Festgesang. Mendelssohn entitled his second symphony "Lobegesang" (Song of Praise) and described it as a "symphony-cantata." After its first performance, on June 25, 1840, in Leipzig, the "Lobegesang" became very popular; today it is rarely performed. Mendelssohn completed revisions of the work in November 1840 for publication in 1841.
The "Lobgesang" symphony bears a superficial similarity to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in that it begins with three instrumental movements and closes with a cantata-like structure featuring solo voices and chorus. Also, the slow movement is a set of variations. Mendelssohn's instrumental movements, however, are on a much smaller scale than Beethoven's.
Four of the symphony's five movements share material. The main theme of the first movement appears in the trio of the ensuing scherzo, and is present in the first and last sections of the choral Finale.
A ceremonial air pervades the first movement, marked Maestoso con moto. The leaping and falling first theme receives developmental treatment during the transition to the second theme, which is very similar to a theme in the first movement of Beethoven's Sonata in B flat major, Op. 22. The dotted-rhythm theme of the introduction appears in the development section, its character completely changed. Although deftly composed and orchestrated, the movement seems uninspired.
Mendelssohn's Allegretto second movement has a theme evocative of folk song. In 6/8, it resembles one of Mendelssohn's "Gondolier Songs" from his Lieder ohne Worte in its rocking motion. A refreshing section in the major features a conversation between the strings and winds.
Marked Adagio religioso, the third movement is a set of variations on a song-like melody. It seems Mendelssohn tries to emulate Beethoven's occasional use of simple, block chords to produce a majestic effect. However, Mendelssohn's conception of the technique makes the main theme stagnate. Its similarity to the Adagio of the "Scottish" Symphony lies in Mendelssohn's treatment of the orchestra.
The first section of the cantata is based on the first theme of the opening movement. Highlights from the movement include the invigorating chorus "Let all men praise the Lord." Quite touching is the tenor solo, "The sorrows of death," with its chromatic inflections, followed by "Watchman, will the night soon pass?" Throughout these two numbers Mendelssohn creates strong dramatic tension. Much of what follows, however, is anti-climactic. The close of the cantata begins with a choral fugue and moves to "All that has life and breath, sing to the Lord," a choral development of the first-movement theme. (www.allmusic.c...)

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@Churchcantor
@Churchcantor 2 жыл бұрын
I don't think it's any lack of musical quality that makes this piece rarely performed today, rather it's the form; the offspring of an unusual mating between a symphony and a cantata!
@russellstinson3414
@russellstinson3414 2 жыл бұрын
This symphony is so incredible and underrated! Thanks for uploading!
@Nikioko
@Nikioko 2 ай бұрын
Only the first movement in symphonic. The other ten movements are a typical cantata, including a choral.
@johnwalzer9187
@johnwalzer9187 Жыл бұрын
Oddly, Mendelssohn never called this piece his second symphony. When he published the Scottish in 1842, he gave it the number "3" without ever having published a no. 2. Scholars think he was saving the number "2" for the as yet unpublished Italian symphony which he had finished in 1833 but kept fussing over and revising (the revision still exists and it's not as good as the original). He died before the Italian was published and it wound up published posthumously with the number, "4." It was the editors of the complete Mendelssohn edition who, 20 years after Mendelssohn's death, shoveled the Lobgesang into the gap between the Symphony no. 1 in C Minor and the Scottish and slapped the number "2" on it. In the most current Mendelssohn edition, it's not even labeled a symphony anymore and has been placed in the "sacred vocal works" category.
@klop4228
@klop4228 9 ай бұрын
All the numberings are weird. The Reformation Symphony was the second completed, and the Scottish is actually the last one. Really, they should be No. 1 (C Minor, correctly numbered); 2. Reformation; 3. Italian; 4. Scottish. Lobgesang is something else. Thankfully, all of the ones numbered weirdly also have titles! This makes referring to them unambiguously extremely easy. Just don't use the numbers. We could use the keys, too (since they're all in different keys) but then you also get into arguments about whether the Reformation Symphony is in D Major or Minor (I vote Minor, because the main section of the first movement is in D Minor, but that's a digression for another time lol). tl;dr: Mendelssohn symphony numberings are weird, use the titles instead. Except No. 1, that one's fine.
@detectivehome3318
@detectivehome3318 2 жыл бұрын
Fabulous performance, finally.
@metodoinstinto
@metodoinstinto 2 жыл бұрын
I was going to say the same
@luca-dimitriepop9792
@luca-dimitriepop9792 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for the score!
@JJC333
@JJC333 2 жыл бұрын
I think this piece sounds like Beethoven would live longer about 70 years old to compose a symphony.
@ghazalakhalyle5996
@ghazalakhalyle5996 2 жыл бұрын
same way of thinking when i first listened to it . beethoven soul is so powerful in this symphony !
@Churchcantor
@Churchcantor 2 жыл бұрын
He would have turned 70 in the year this was written, and I suspect his style would have been a bit different than this by then, but then again, so might Mendelssohn's!
@hamapatabrambora5894
@hamapatabrambora5894 11 ай бұрын
@@Churchcantorjjjj
@Nikioko
@Nikioko 2 ай бұрын
No. The first movement is symphonic, but the other 10 movements are a typical cantata in the tradition of Bach. Mendelssohn didn't consider this a symphony, and if you omit the first movement, it is very similar to his 42nd psalm.
@johankritzinger4206
@johankritzinger4206 2 ай бұрын
Lovely
@bz24578
@bz24578 5 ай бұрын
IMHO the piece is being seriously let down by the performance - the tempi are often too slow to show off Mendelssohn's beautiful lines, and the choral entry completely misses the dramatic point Mendelssohn tries to make. It may be a nostalgic moment for me (and has a couple of shortcomings in the solo sopranos), but the Masur recording is much better - and Peter Schreier has a way of embodying care and emotion that's simply unmatched.
@albertorocco3694
@albertorocco3694 22 күн бұрын
It was my intention to write a comment, but you wrote exactly what I meant to say. This performance is absolutely not giving justice to a masterpiece like this one.
@Nikioko
@Nikioko 2 ай бұрын
Der 1. Satz ist die Sinfonie, der Rest ist Kantate.
@slim531
@slim531 Жыл бұрын
1:05:55
@Raffael-Tausend
@Raffael-Tausend Жыл бұрын
Ach du grüne Neune! 10 Sätze :D
@bbs8614
@bbs8614 Жыл бұрын
25:34
@user-ko7fr9ii4u
@user-ko7fr9ii4u 10 ай бұрын
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@user-ko7fr9ii4u
@user-ko7fr9ii4u 10 ай бұрын
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@kikicallahan3662
@kikicallahan3662 Жыл бұрын
Mendelssohn has something in common with Dreamworks! Mendelssohn’s second symphony and Dreamworks’s second movie are both based on the Bible.
@jacksonelmore6227
@jacksonelmore6227 Жыл бұрын
I truly love mendelsohns music but let me lovingly give him some fire, his symphonies confuse me, he seems anti melodic, his developments never go anywhere and he diverts, as soon as he could climax he just simply DOESNT His sequential passages hidden in the counterpoint are almost annoying his symphonies sound like incomplete sketches that were made to fit the structure, orchestration is often stagnant despite his efforts Yet he’s always flowing, always upbeat, He does have some fire harmonies and decent “counterpoint” He can build some energy but where does it go? His attempts at dynamics are underwhelming Yet there’s something I love about his music, maybe it’s that I can’t predict it yet it still always flows I literally want to take his entire symphony and write a melody on top of its entirety I don’t want to be a hater here, for educational purposes only flame me back if you disagree maybe I’m totally wrong and it’s just a taste thing
@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks
@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks Жыл бұрын
Why antimelodic?
@jacksonelmore6227
@jacksonelmore6227 Жыл бұрын
@@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks he is neither truly melodic nor motivic He is semi melodic, if what he writes is melodic at all, it’s just because the notes default occupy the highest voice What melody of his is singable? None A Mendelssohn symphony is like a dressed up Beethoven sketch He intentionally diverts before melody can arise, his compositional swag is unforgivable Dude composes like if tschaikovsky was straight, which is somehow even gayer Dude has all these little unfruitful ARCS like Lestiny I say all of this as a joke with love
@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks
@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks Жыл бұрын
@@jacksonelmore6227 It's a bit strange what you write, because Mendelssohn is considered by many (myself included) as a great melodist. I can understand that this piece has not memorable themes, but the italian symphony?
@jacksonelmore6227
@jacksonelmore6227 Жыл бұрын
@@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks the Italian symphony is AWESOME BUT it’s reveals Mendel is THEMATIC, as opposed to melodic His opening theme is a half melody, it’s virtually a Mozart sketch, if mozart, too, was deaf Then, his thematic development is over-reliantly carried SEQUENTIALLY, disguised as counterpoint The theme is barely memorable Mendelssohns developments do vibe not gonna lie, but if you consider HIM melodic, You’d consider a two-note rapper melodic You don’t have to be melodic to make great music But when I think melodic I think Tschai, or Mozart, or maybe Brahms Thank you for your feedback and work in general
@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks
@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks Жыл бұрын
@@jacksonelmore6227 It's probably because Beethoven, and not Mozart, has established the style of symphonies. Isn't the use of a leitmotif as a building block for the entire melody a procedure established by Beethoven? That said, the symphony 1 of Mendelssohn is quite melodic, don't you think? Don't you also think that Mendelssohn, like Beethoven, is more melodic in concertos? The chamber works of Mendelssohn are also quite melodic. Not to mention the Andante religioso in this symphony.
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