Symphony No.2 'Lobgesang'

Lucy Crowe, Jurgita Adamonyte, Michael Spyres & Monteverdi Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

"Alles wat adem heeft, loof de Heer!" Met deze regel begint het plechtige, majestueuze refrein in Mendelssohn's Lobgesang. Lofprijzing doortrekt de hele compositie, waarvan de feestelijkheid ongeëvenaard is. Men kan zich maar al te goed de plechtige waardigheid voorstellen waarmee John Eliot Gardiner de compositie beluistert, die hij op SACD heeft opgenomen met zijn prachtige Monteverdi koor en het Londens Symfonie Orkest.

Mendelssohn:
 Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 'Lobgesang'

"Aided by fine soloists and, above all, Gardiner’s excellent Monteverdi Choir, this performance has a vitality that compels attention...But as soon as we get to the choral section, Gardiner’s performance catches alight like no other. The 44-strong Monteverdi Choir launch into ‘Die Nacht ist vergangen’ with real joy as day arrives...The final choral fugue is genuinely uplifting, a splendid way to conclude Gardiner’s splendid cycle."
Gramophone Magazine - October 2017

"The Monteverdi Singers produce, as ever, a clean, well-focused tone and there is much pleasure to be had in Lucy Crowe’s radiant soprano and Michael Spyres’s lyrical tenor, making the most of the arias that Mendelssohn added after the first performance."
BBC Music Magazine - December 2017 ****

"A passionate celebration of holy writ … there is nothing hurried or lacking in reverence about his reading, which must now be the recording of choice."
Choir & Organ - January/February 2018