Felix Mendelssohn :: Symphony No.2, op.52a (from "Lobgesang")


 

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Mendelssohn, Felix
1809-1847
(b Hamburg, 3 Feb 1809; d Leipzig, 4 Nov 1847). German
Symphony No.2, op.52a (from "Lobgesang") <1840>
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This symphony consists of the opening instrumental sections of the symphony-cantata Lobgesang. Breitkopf previously offered also an edition of this symphony "with final chorus in the version shortened by Mendelssohn"; this requires chorus and solos SST in addition to the above instrumentation, but it may now be out of print. Total duration of that version: 37'.
I. Allegro
II. Allegretto un poco agitato
III. Adagio religioso