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While the youthful string symphonies of Felix Mendelssohn may not be the best things he ever composed -- surely the Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, the Octet for Strings, the Violin Concerto in E minor, and the Italian and Scotch Symphonies have that honor -- one could certainly make the case that Mendelssohn never really got much better as a composer than he was in the string symphonies. The effortlessness and eloquence of his technique, the lightness and lyricism of his melodies, the brightness and brilliance of his scoring, and above all the sheer vivacious charm of the music makes the case that, had Mendelssohn never lived past 15, he could still be counted a great composer.
At any rate, that is the argument one could make after listening to Roy Goodman and the Hanover Band's terrific recording of Mendelssohn's string symphonies. The fact that the Hanover Band is a period instrument ensemble matters as little as the fact that Goodman was a boy soprano: their playing is sprightly and infectious and his conducting is joyous and delightful. Goodman does not attempt to dampen and thus distort Mendelssohn's music with a pose of faux gravitas as Kurt Masur had in his recording of the string symphonies, but rather lets Mendelssohn romp and roar with youthful energy and enthusiasm, and the result is a pure pleasure in music-making. RCA's digital sound is real and vivid.
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String Symphony No. 1 in C Major, MWV N 1 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
String Symphony No.2 in D Major, MWV N 2 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
String Symphony No. 3 in E Minor, MWV N 3 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
String Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, MVW N 4 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
String Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat, MWV N 5 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
String Symphony No. 6 in E-Flat, MVW N 6 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 BMG Music
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 BMG Music
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 BMG Music
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
DISC 2
String Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, MWV N 7 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
String Symphony No. 8 in D Major, MWV N 8 (Version with Winds) (Felix Mendelssohn)
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
String Symphony No. 12 in G Minor, MWV N 12 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
DISC 3
String Symphony No. 9 in C Major, MWV N 9 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 BMG Music
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 BMG Music
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 Sony Music Entertainment
String Symphony No. 11 in F Major, MVW N 11 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 BMG Music
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 BMG Music
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 BMG Music
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 BMG Music
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 BMG Music
Roy Goodman, Conductor - Nicholas Parker, Producer - The Hanover Band, Performer - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Composer - Mike Hatch, Recording Engineer
(P) 1995 BMG Music
Albumbeschreibung
While the youthful string symphonies of Felix Mendelssohn may not be the best things he ever composed -- surely the Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, the Octet for Strings, the Violin Concerto in E minor, and the Italian and Scotch Symphonies have that honor -- one could certainly make the case that Mendelssohn never really got much better as a composer than he was in the string symphonies. The effortlessness and eloquence of his technique, the lightness and lyricism of his melodies, the brightness and brilliance of his scoring, and above all the sheer vivacious charm of the music makes the case that, had Mendelssohn never lived past 15, he could still be counted a great composer.
At any rate, that is the argument one could make after listening to Roy Goodman and the Hanover Band's terrific recording of Mendelssohn's string symphonies. The fact that the Hanover Band is a period instrument ensemble matters as little as the fact that Goodman was a boy soprano: their playing is sprightly and infectious and his conducting is joyous and delightful. Goodman does not attempt to dampen and thus distort Mendelssohn's music with a pose of faux gravitas as Kurt Masur had in his recording of the string symphonies, but rather lets Mendelssohn romp and roar with youthful energy and enthusiasm, and the result is a pure pleasure in music-making. RCA's digital sound is real and vivid.
© TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 40 track(s)
- Total length: 03:41:29
- Main artists: Roy Goodman
- Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
- Label: RCA Red Seal
- Genre: Klassiek Symfonische muziek
(P) 2004 BMG Music
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