Great Composers in Words & Music: Felix Mendelssohn

32 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 11 MINUTES • NOV 24 2023

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String Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20, MWV R20: III. Scherzo. Allegro leggierissimo (Excerpt)

Kodaly Quartet & Auer String Quartet

01:00

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A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21, MWV P3 (Excerpt)

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra & Anthony Bramall

01:36

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Hora est, MWV B18: Hora est

Stuttgart Chamber Choir, Sonntraud Engels-Benz & Frieder Bernius

02:23

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The Hebrides in D Major, Op. 26, MWV P7 "Fingal's Cave" (Excerpt)

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra & Oliver Dohnanyi

01:06

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04:49

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Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N16 "Italian": IV. Saltarello. Presto (Excerpt)

Ireland National Symphony Orchestra & Reinhard Seifried

01:09

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Overture in C Major, Op. 101, MWV P2 "Trumpet" (Excerpt)

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra & Neville Marriner

00:48

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Paulus, Op. 36, MWV A14, Part II: How Lovely are the Messengers (Excerpt)

St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks of St. Albans Cathedral Choir, Peter Holder & Tom Winpenny

01:42

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3 Motets, Op. 39: No. 1, Veni, Domine, MWV B24 (Excerpt)

St. Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Peter Holder & Tom Winpenny

00:52

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03:31

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Organ Sonata in C Minor, Op. 65 No. 2, MWV W57: II. Allegro maestoso e vivace (Excerpt)

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Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: III. Allegro molto vivace (Excerpt)

Takako Nishizaki, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra & Kenneth Jean

01:10

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Hear My Prayer, WoO 15, MWV B49 (Version for Voice and Organ) (Excerpt)

Laura Hicks, Peter Holder & Tom Winpenny

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Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25, Part II: And then shall Your light break forth

Leipzig MDR Radio Choir, Leipzig MDR Symphony Orchestra & Jun Markl

00:46

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Songs without Words, Book 5, Op. 62: No. 4 in G Major, MWV U175

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