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Mendelssohn: Motets & Psalms


It is an art to conceal art': Mendelssohn had never presented a more perfect illustration of this maxim than in his Motets, Op.69. Composed in the year of his de death, they are probably the finest works of religious music by this composer whom Berlioz had accused of being 'a little too fond of the dead'. But the most romantic of Bach's votaries had more than one trick up his sleeve and it would be a mistake to underestimate these extraordinary psalms and motets that Mendelssohn went on producing throughout his life, in spite of his rather strained relationship with the ecclesiastic authorities. Tradition and inventiveness are the leading principles of an artistic credo based on the skilful and beguiling mixture of counterpoint and melody, of harmony and brilliant orchestration. After having devoted three universally acclaimed recordings to the choral music of Brahms, the RIAS-Kammerchor is here on familiar ground...

"C'est un art que de dissimuler son art" : jamais Mendelssohn n'avait présenté plus parfaite illustration sonore de cette règle essentielle que dans les motets op.69. Composés l'année même de sa mort, ils offrent le meilleur de la production sacrée de ce compositeur "trop porté sur les morts"... selon Berlioz ! Mais le plus romantique des adorateurs de Bach avait plus d'un tour dans son sac, et ce serait une erreur que de sous-estimer ces extraordinaires psaumes et motets que Mendelssohn ne cessa de produire tout au long de sa vie, en dépit de rapports plutôt tendus avec l'authorité ecclésiastique. Tradition et création sont les idées-forces d'une credo artistique basé sur le savant et savoureux mélange du contrepoint et de la mélodie, de l'harmonie et de l'orchestration. A près avoir consacré à l'univers choral de Brahms trois disques qui ont reçu un accueil unanime, le RIAS-Kammerchor est ici en terre familière...
 
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SoloistInés Villanueva
Kai Roterberg
Klaus Thiem
Rudolf Preckwinkel
Stéphanie Petitlaurent
Ulrike Andersen
Ulrike Bartsch
Volker Arndt
OrchestraRIAS-Kammerchor
ComposerFelix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
ConductorMarcus Creed
ChoirRIAS Kammerchor

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