Kurt Masur and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. - Mendelssohn: Complete Symphonies for Strings (Tower Records Exclusive) - Import 3 SACD Hybrid

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Kurt Masur and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

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A monumental recording made by Mazur shortly after his appointment as LGO conductor, this complete collection of 12 masterpieces, including the early symphonies, the orchestral version of No. 8, and the section, is now available on SACD! Long recording. Excellent recording. Mastered only in analog domain and converted directly to DSD! On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Mendelssohn's death in 1972, not only the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra but also the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, including Mazur who studied at the Leipzig Conservatory and Bosse who was the concertmaster at that time, have recorded the complete works on SACD hybridization. In 2022, exactly 50 years after its release, the complete works recorded on the ETERNA label by performers with close connections to Mendelssohn are now available in high sound quality. The release coincides with the 175th anniversary of Mendelssohn's death, the 200th anniversary of his composition (the music was composed in 1821-23), the 100th anniversary of Bosse's birth, and the 95th anniversary of Mazur's birth. The sound quality is also excellent, recorded by the former East German team of the time, and the crystal-clear string sound is especially wonderful. The 14 tracks are recorded on three discs. Each disc is over 80 minutes long.The "Complete Symphonies for Strings" is not only a vivid, shadowy, and structured performance by a virtuoso conductor and a prestigious orchestra, but also an irreplaceable recording that provides insight into the deep ties between Bach, Leipzig, and Mendelssohn, and the Mendelssohn Renaissance from the postwar era to the present. Mendelssohn Renaissance from the postwar period to the present day. As you know, Mendelssohn (1809-1847) was born the son of a wealthy banker and spent his youth in Berlin, where he studied art, literature, languages, and philosophy with the best teachers. His musical teacher was Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1832), who had a deep love for the music of the Bach family, and under his influence Mendelssohn became familiar with Bach's music from his youth. When he was between 12 and 14 years old, he wrote the thirteen "Symphonies for Strings" for the Mendelssohn family's Sunday concerts, which brought together the best string players in Berlin. Each of these works, which lasts a little more than 10 minutes, is a masterpiece with a wealth of beautiful melodies, a variety of harmonies, and Bach-like counterpoint, showing both the freshness and deep shadows that only a young writer can produce. Mendelssohn's childhood works were long forgotten after their premiere, and their revival was slowed by the Nazi ban on their performance in Germany in the first half of the 20th century.However, with the postwar boom in chamber music ensembles, the I Musici Ensemble, the Paillard Chamber Orchestra, and the Akademie Chamber Orchestra began to take up some of the works, and before the 125th anniversary of Mendelssohn's death in 1972, the original edition of the complete works, revised by Helmut Christian Wolff, was published in East Germany by the The German Music Publishers (Deutscher Verlag fur Musik) in Leipzig published the original edition of the complete works in 1972, the 125th anniversary of Mendelssohn's death. This "Complete Works" by Mazur and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra was also recorded on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Mendelssohn's death. (1/2)