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Track(s) taken from CDH55268

Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe, Op posth.

composer
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
late 1846
author of text
Anonymous - liturgical
Ordinary of the Mass

Corydon Singers, Matthew Best (conductor)
Recording details: February 1989
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: December 1989
Total duration: 4 minutes 54 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

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

Reviews

‘This is one of the most wonderful choral discs I have ever heard. A must for anyone who values really wonderful music fantastically well performed’ (Organists' Review)

‘This delectable recital of choral gems … from the marvellous Corydon Singers’ (CDReview)
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.

from notes by Julian Haylock © 2006

Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe fait grand usage des contrastes entre les textures à l’unisson, antiphonées et solo. Mendelssohn y recourt à un éventail dynamique inhabituellement large et utilise plusieurs changements de tempo prononcés pour aider à la clarté textuelle.

extrait des notes rédigées par Julian Haylock © 2006
Français: Hypérion

Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe bedient sich großzügig der Kontraste zwischen Unisono, Antiphonie und Solopassagen. Mendelssohn fordert hier ein ungewöhnlich breites dynamisches Spektrum und gibt an verschiedenen Stellen ausdrücklich Tempowechsel vor, um die Abschnitte klarer voneinander zu unterscheiden.

aus dem Begleittext von Julian Haylock © 2006
Deutsch: Elke Hockings

Other albums featuring this work

Mendelssohn: Sacred choral music
St John's College Choir Cambridge, David Hill (conductor)
CDA67558Download only

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