Mendelssohn: Paulus
Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano), Werner Güra (tenor), Michael Volle (bass)
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Frieder Bernius
Mendelssohn: Paulus
Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano), Werner Güra (tenor), Michael Volle (bass)
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Frieder Bernius
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Mendelssohn composed “St. Paul,” his first oratorio, under the impression the “St. Matthew Passion,” which he revived in an epoch-making performance in 1829. “St. Paul,” op. 36, was his most popular work during his lifetime, receiving numerous performances throughout Europe. Robert Schumann praised its “indelible color of instrumentation,” and its “masterful playing with all the forms of the art of composition,” and he described it as “a jewel of the present.” The CD is the latest release in the award-winning series of sacred choral music by Mendelssohn, interpreted by Frieder Bernius and the Kammerchor Stuttgart. A must for all lovers of romantic choral music.