[1] Hör mein Bitten (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) 9:46
[2] Kyrie in c MWV B 12 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 10:31
[3] Lass, o Herr, mich Hilfe finden (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 4:33
[4] Hora est (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 7:54
[5] Mein Herz erhebet Gott. Deutsches Magnificat MWV B 59 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 10:42
[6] Salve Regina (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 7:30
[7] Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener MWV B 60 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 6:22
Disc 2
[1] Vom Himmel hoch (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 5:51
[2] Aria: Es ist der Herr Christ - 2:23
[3] Choral: Er bringt euch alle Seligkeit - 0:39
[4] Aria: Sei willekomm' - 4:04
[5] Arioso: Das also hat gefallen dir - 1:11
[6] Schlusschor: Lob, Ehr sei Gott - 1:50
[7] Ave maris stella MWV C 3 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 7:49
[8] Te Deum laudamus - 2:58
[9] Te aeternum Patrem - 2:14
[10] Tibi omnes angeli - 2:02
[11] Tibi Cherubim et Seraphim - 3:34
[12] Te gloriosus Apostolorum chorus - 3:22
[13] Patrem immensae majestatis - 2:16
[14] Tu rex gloriae - 3:16
[15] Te ergo quaesumus - 3:03
[16] Salvum fac populum tuum - 2:17
[17] Per singulos dies - 2:14
[18] Dignare, Domine - 3:35
[19] Fiat misericordia tua - 3:50
Disc 3
[1] Kyrie in d MWV A 3 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 10:05
[2] Jube Dom'ne MWV B 10 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 5:58
[3] Warum toben die Heiden MWV B 41 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 7:38
[4] Richte mich Gott (Psalm 43) MWV B 46 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 3:57
[5] Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen (Psalm 22) MWV B 51 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 7:39
[6] Jesus, meine Zuversicht (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 11:21
Dsic 4
[1] Der 114. Psalm MWV A 17 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 12:16
[2] Wie der Hirsch schreit - 5:28
[3] Aria: Meine Seele dürstet - 2:53
[4] Recitativo, Aria: Meine Tränen - 3:25
[5] Was betrübst du dich - 1:55
[6] Recitativo: Mein Gott, betrübt ist meine Seele - 1:47
[7] Der Herr hat des Tages - 3:43
[8] Schlusschor: Was betrübst du dich, meine Seele - 4:39
[9] Lauda Sion Salvatorem - 4:31
[10] Laudis thema specialis - 2:35
[11] Sit laus plena, sit sonora - 2:19
[12] In hac mensa novi Regis - 4:24
[13] Docti sacris institutis - 3:00
[14] Sub diversis speciebus - 2:18
[15] Caro cibus, sanguis potus - 2:50
[16] Sumit unus, sumunt mille - 8:38
Disc 5
[1] Kyrie in A (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 1:03
[2] Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe. Gloria (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 3:41
[3] Heilig, heilig, heilig MWV B 47 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 1:36
[4] Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir MWV B 20 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 11:52
[5] Mitten wir im Leben sind MWV B 21 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 6:33
[6] Ave Maria MWV B 19 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 6:12
[7] Adspice Domine MWV B 26 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 11:49
[8] Lasset uns frohlocken MWV B 54 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 1:24
[9] Frohlocket, ihr Völker auf Erden MWV B 42 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 1:18
[10] Herr Gott, du bist unsre Zuflucht für und für MWV B 44 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 3:09
[11] Herr, gedenke nicht unsrer Übeltaten MWV B 50 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 1:45
[12] Um unsrer Sünden willen MWV B 52 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 1:52
[13] Erhaben, o Herr, über alles Lob MWV B 55 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 1:23
[14] Jauchzet dem Herrn [Psalm 100] (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 4:32
[15] Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen MWV B 53 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 3:30
Disc 6
[1] Nicht unserm Namen, Herr - 4:27
[2] Duetto: Israel hofft auf dich - 4:19
[3] Arioso: Er segne euch je mehr - 3:23
[4] Die Toten werden dich nicht loben - 3:37
[5] O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 7:28
[6] Aria: Du, dessen Todeswunden - 4:57
[7] Choral: Ich will hier bei dir stehen - 2:00
[8] Christe, du Lamm Gottes MWV A 5 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 6:32
[9] Choral: Mein Gott, du weißt am allerbesten - 0:57
[10] Choral: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten - 4:34
[11] Aria: Er kennt die rechten Freudenstunden - 3:48
[12] Choral: Sing, bet und geh auf Gottes Wegen - 2:08
[13] Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich MWV A 11 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 4:22
Disc 7
[1] Herr, sei gnädig MWV B 27 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 2:25
[2] Trauergesang MWV F 31 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 5:32
[3] Beati mortui in Domino morientes MWV B 28 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 3:47
[4] Periti autem MWV B 29 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 2:10
[5] O beata et benedicta (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 2:57
[6] Te Deum a 4 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 8:10
[7] Veni Domine MWV B 24 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 3:32
[8] Laudate pueri MWV B 30 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 5:44
[9] Surrexit pastor bonus MWV B 23 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 7:14
[10] Doch der Herr, er leitet die Irrenden recht MWV SD 56 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 2:44
[11] Der du die Menschen lässest sterben MWV SD 56 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 3:33
[12] Jauchzet dem Herrn (Psalm 100) MWV B 58 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 5:54
[13] Hebe deine Augen auf MWV A 25 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 2:14
Disc 8
[1] Magnificat - 3:34
[2] Quia respexit - 2:17
[3] Et misericordia eius - 4:00
[4] Aria: Fecit potentiam - 3:20
[5] Deposuit potentes - 3:56
[6] Gloria Patri - 4:02
[7] Fuga: Sicut erat - 2:56
[8] Jesu, meine Freude (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 7:11
[9] Tu es Petrus MWV A 4 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 6:36
[10] Wir glauben all an einen Gott MWV A 12 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 1:55
[11] Wir glauben auch an Jesum Christ - 1:52
[12] Wir glauben an den Heilgen Geist - 2:09
[13] Gloria - 3:18
[14] Laudamus te - 6:44
[15] Gratias agimus tibi - 4:11
[16] Domine Deus - 3:09
[17] Qui tollis - 4:01
[18] Quoniam - 3:16
Disc 9
[1] Kommt, lasst uns anbeten - 5:30
[2] Kommet herzu - 5:51
[3] Denn in seiner Hand - 3:54
[4] Denn sein ist das Meer - 3:24
[5] Heute, so ihr seine Stimme - 6:07
[6] Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein MWV A 13/1 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 6:18
[7] Recitativo: Barmherzig und gnädig - 0:58
[8] Aria: Das Silber durchs Feur - 2:44
[9] Choral: Das wollst du, Gott - 1:27
[10] Psalm 5 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 1:02
[11] Psalm 31 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 1:04
[12] Cantique pour l’Eglise Wallonne de Francfort MWV B 56 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 0:54
[13] Lass, o Herr, mich Hilfe finden - 3:52
[14] Deines Kinds Gebet erhöre - 1:35
[15] Herr, wir trau'n auf deine Güte - 3:09
[16] Lasst sein heilig Lob uns singen - 2:42
[17] Psalm 2 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 1:21
[18] Psalm 24 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 0:54
[19] Psalm 31 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 0:51
[20] Psalm 91 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 1:08
[21] Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied - 1:42
[22] Der Herr lässt sein Heil verkündigen - 1:11
[23] Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt - 1:44
[24] Er wird den Erdkreis richten - 2:02
[25] Hark! The herald angels sing (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 1:40
[26] Psalm 93 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 0:38
[27] Psalm 98 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 1:03
[28] Psalm 100 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 0:37
[29] Herr Gott, dich loben wir MWV A 20 (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) - 1:27
[30] Dein göttlich Macht und Herrlichkeit - 1:08
[31] Du König der Ehren Jesu Christ! - 1:24
[32] Lass uns im Himmel haben Teil - 0:53
[33] Täglich, Herr Gott, dich loben wir - 1:34
Disc 10
[1] Sinfonia: Maestoso con moto - 10:58
[2] Sinfonia: Allegretto un poco agitato - 5:42
[3] Sinfonia: Adagio religioso - 6:21
[4] Alles, was Odem hat - 6:44
[5] Recitativo und Arie: Saget es, die ihr erlöst seid - 3:01
[6] Sagt es, die ihr erlöst seid - 2:04
[7] Duetto: Ich harrete des Herrn - 4:37
[8] Stricke des Todes - 4:02
[9] Die Nacht ist vergangen - 4:38
[10] Choral: Nun danket alle Gott - 4:03
[11] Drum sing' ich mit meinem Liede - 4:13
[12] Schlusschor: Ihr Völker, bringet her - 5:24
Ruth Ziesak - Soprano
Krisztina Laki - Soprano
Andrea L. Brown - Soprano
Julia Hamari - Mezzo
Monica Groop - Alto
Christoph Pregardien - Tenor
Werner Güra - Tenor
Adolph Seidel - Baritone
Johannes Happel - Baritone
Berthold Possemeyer - Baritone
Michael Volle - Bass
Cornelius Hauptmann - Bass
The complete recording with Frieder Bernius and the Kammerchor Stuttgart
of Felix Mendelssohn’s sacred choral works represents a magnificent act
of interpretation and editing. All of the motets, psalms, chorale
cantatas, smaller church works, plus the symphony cantata Lobgesang from
the award-winning recording are available for the first time in a box
set of 10 CDs.
Awards / Prizes: International Classic Music Awards (ICMA), Pizzicato Supersonic Award
The sacred choral works of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy span nearly the
composers entire career, and encompass an especially rich cross section
of his music, beginning with the precocious student works of the 1820s
and culminating in the magisterial oratorio Elijah, premiered in 1846
and published in full score only weeks before his death in November
1847.
All told, Mendelssohn completed well over 50 sacred compositions, among
them a cappella motets, cantatas, psalm settings, occasional liturgical
pieces, and oratorios. The œuvre comprises settings of German texts for
the Protestant church, Latin settings for the Catholic church, a few
works for the Anglican service, and a setting of Psalm 100 for the
Temple in Hamburg. Much of Mendelssohn’s sacred music was first heard
not in the church but in the concert hall, and in the large, popular
music festivals he conducted in Germany and England during the 1830s and
1840s.
The completion of the Carus edition culminates more than two decades of
effort to make available to the public critical performing editions of
the complete sacred music, including 38 works published for the first
time.
The Stuttgart Mendelssohn Editions
The Stuttgart Mendelssohn Editions, now numbering some 130 works, occupy
a paramount position among Carus’s Urtext series. When work on our
Mendelssohn edition began in the 1970s, large parts of the composer’s
early oeuvre were still terra incognita. As a result, the Stuttgart
Mendelssohn Editions contain a surprisingly large number of first
publications for a composer of Mendelssohn’s stature.Mendlssohn was a
highly self-critical composer who constantly polished his music. The
fact that there is still no complete catalog of Mendelssohn’s music and
its sources makes it difficult to complete the editorial work. However,
thanks to the scholarly assistance of R. Larry Todd, who has edited a
great many of the works himself, we were able to enlist the editorial
services of authoritative Mendelssohn scholars from Europe and the
United States. Unlike many earlier prints, the Stuttgart Mendelssohn
Editions do not make use of the old Gesamtausgabe volumes published in
the 1870s without any indication of the sources consulted. Nor do we
make use of original prints issued posthumously in the 19th century,
preferring instead only those that the composer himself saw into print.
Thus, our editions of St. Paul, Lobgesang, and the five great psalm
settings, among others, are the first scholarly, critical editions of
these famous works altogether.
