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Paulus, Mendelssohn's two-hour oratorio, is rarely performed today, but during his lifetime it was his most popular work. Elijah is a richer and more musically mature work, and it has a more inherently dramatic story, so it's not surprising that it has eclipsed Paulus' popularity. Paulus demonstrates Mendelssohn admiration for the Passions of Bach and the oratorios of Handel, and also his indebtedness to the conventions of those pieces, particularly in the recitatives and in the contrapuntal rigor of some of the choruses. The first half, which deals with Paul's conversion, is the more dramatic; the composer's decision to use a four-part women's choir to voice the words of Jesus was controversial, but is highly effective. The second half deals with Paul's ministry in generalities, omitting the dramatic narratives from the book of Acts that could have made it truly compelling. While Mendelssohn's writing only sporadically rises to the highest level of inspiration, the oratorio is never less than lovely, and it is occasionally genuinely powerful and moving. The performance by Kammerchor Stuttgart and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, led by Frieder Bernius, is polished, and makes a strong case for the work, as do the vocal soloists. Maria Cristina Kiehr sings both the soprano and mezzo-soprano solos with pure and focused, if not particularly full tone. Tenor Werner Güra and bass Michael Volle bring strong voices and dramatic intensity to the music. The sound of the Carus SACD is well balanced and notable for its clarity.
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Paulus, Op. 36, MWV A14 / Part 1 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Maria Cristina Kiehr, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Volle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Werner Güra, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Cristina Kiehr, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Volle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Werner Güra, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Cristina Kiehr, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Maria Cristina Kiehr, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Werner Güra, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Werner Güra, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Maria Cristina Kiehr, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Werner Güra, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Volle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Choir, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Orchestra, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Werner Güra, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Volle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2018 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Werner Güra, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Volle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Werner Güra, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Cristina Kiehr, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Volle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Maria Cristina Kiehr, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
DISC 2
Paulus, Op. 36, MWV A14 / Part 2 (Felix Mendelssohn)
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Maria Cristina Kiehr, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Werner Güra, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Volle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Maria Cristina Kiehr, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Werner Güra, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Werner Güra, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Volle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Werner Güra, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Volle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Maria Cristina Kiehr, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Maria Cristina Kiehr, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Werner Güra, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Volle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Maria Cristina Kiehr, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Maria Cristina Kiehr, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Werner Güra, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Maria Cristina Kiehr, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Volle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Werner Güra, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Volle, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Maria Cristina Kiehr, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble, MainArtist - Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ensemble, MainArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Frieder Bernius, Conductor, MainArtist - Julius Schubring, Author
℗ 2007 Carus
Album review
Paulus, Mendelssohn's two-hour oratorio, is rarely performed today, but during his lifetime it was his most popular work. Elijah is a richer and more musically mature work, and it has a more inherently dramatic story, so it's not surprising that it has eclipsed Paulus' popularity. Paulus demonstrates Mendelssohn admiration for the Passions of Bach and the oratorios of Handel, and also his indebtedness to the conventions of those pieces, particularly in the recitatives and in the contrapuntal rigor of some of the choruses. The first half, which deals with Paul's conversion, is the more dramatic; the composer's decision to use a four-part women's choir to voice the words of Jesus was controversial, but is highly effective. The second half deals with Paul's ministry in generalities, omitting the dramatic narratives from the book of Acts that could have made it truly compelling. While Mendelssohn's writing only sporadically rises to the highest level of inspiration, the oratorio is never less than lovely, and it is occasionally genuinely powerful and moving. The performance by Kammerchor Stuttgart and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, led by Frieder Bernius, is polished, and makes a strong case for the work, as do the vocal soloists. Maria Cristina Kiehr sings both the soprano and mezzo-soprano solos with pure and focused, if not particularly full tone. Tenor Werner Güra and bass Michael Volle bring strong voices and dramatic intensity to the music. The sound of the Carus SACD is well balanced and notable for its clarity.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 45 track(s)
- Total length: 02:03:26
- Main artists: Maria Cristina Kiehr Werner Güra Michael Volle Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Kammerchor Stuttgart Frieder Bernius
- Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
- Label: Carus
- Genre: Classical
© 2007 Carus ℗ 2007 Carus
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