Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe, Op posth. (Mendelssohn) - from CDA67558 - Hyperion Records

Tyrolean Girl Contemplating a Crucifix (detail) (1865) by Rudolph Friedrich Wasmann (1805-1886)
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany / Bridgeman Art Library, London

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Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe makes great use of the contrasts between unison, antiphonal and solo textures. Mendelssohn demands an unusually wide dynamic range here, and employs several pronounced changes of tempo to facilitate textual clarity.

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Recording details: July 2005
St John's College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Julian Millard
Release date: May 2006
Total duration: 4 minutes 48 seconds

Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe, Op posth.

composer

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

late 1846

author of text

Anonymous

Ordinary of the Mass

St John's College Choir Cambridge, David Hill (conductor)