Excerpts
Excerpts
Magnificat
Thomas Hengelbrock
Recorded the December 17, 2015
(Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie)
Program
1.
Installation des musiciens
00:30
Excerpt
2.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat en mi bémol BWV 243a
02:37
Excerpt
3.
Felix Mendelssohn
Psaume 42 op. 42 "Wie der Hirsch schreit"
02:58
Excerpt
4.
Felix Mendelssohn
Von Himmel Hoch, da Komm'ich Her A 10
02:30
Excerpt
5.
Felix Mendelssohn
Christus : Auf dem ersten Theile (Geburt Christi)
02:47
Excerpt
Bach's Magnificat was created on Christmas Day, 1723 to celebrate Mary’s joy after the Annunciation. Mendelssohn’s Christmas Cantata also sings of the birth of Christ, in a style making clear reference to Bach.
Distribution
Orchestre de Paris
Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris
Thomas Hengelbrock,
conducting
Anna Lucia Richter,
soprano
Marianne Crebassa,
soprano
Wiebke Lehmkuhl,
viola
Werner Güra,
tenor
Christian Immler,
baritone
Lionel Sow,
choirmaster
Composers - Authors
Johann Sebastian Bach
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy