Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn: Sacred Music, Vol. 1 Christina Landshamer, Ludwig Mittelhammer, RIAS Kammerchor, Kammerakademie Potsdam & Justin Doyle

• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847): Christus, Op. 97, Part I: The Birth of Christ:
• 1 Mendelssohn: Christus, Op. 97, Part I: The Birth of Christ: I. Recitative. Da Jesus geboren ward 00:33
• 2 Mendelssohn: Christus, Op. 97, Part I: The Birth of Christ: II. Trio. Wo ist der neugeborne König der Juden 01:25
• 3 Mendelssohn: Christus, Op. 97, Part I: The Birth of Christ: IIIa. Chorus. Es wird ein Stern aus Jakob aufgehn 02:49
• 4 Mendelssohn: Christus, Op. 97, Part I: The Birth of Christ: IIIb. Chorale. Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern! 01:40
• Christus, Op. 97, Part II: The Passion of Christ:
• 5 Mendelssohn: Christus, Op. 97, Part II: The Passion of Christ: IV. Recitative. Und der ganze Haufe stand auf 00:10
• 6 Mendelssohn: Christus, Op. 97, Part II: The Passion of Christ: V. Chorus. Diesen finden wir 00:38
• 7 Mendelssohn: Christus, Op. 97, Part II: The Passion of Christ: VI. Recitative. Pilatus sprach zu den Hohenpriestern 00:18
• 8 Mendelssohn: Christus, Op. 97, Part II: The Passion of Christ: VII. Chorus. Er hat das Volk erregt 00:56
• 9 Mendelssohn: Christus, Op. 97, Part II: The Passion of Christ: VIII. Recitative. Pilatus aber sprach 00:19
• 10 Mendelssohn: Christus, Op. 97, Part II: The Passion of Christ: IX. Chorus. Hinweg mit diesem 00:33
• 11 Mendelssohn: Christus, Op. 97, Part II: The Passion of Christ: X. Recitative. Da rief Pilatus 00:14
• 12 Mendelssohn: Christus, Op. 97, Part II: The Passion of Christ: XI. Chorus. Kreuzige, kreuzige 01:10
• 13 Mendelssohn: Christus, Op. 97, Part II: The Passion of Christ: XII. Recitative. Pilatus spricht zu ihnen 00:19
• 14 Mendelssohn: Christus, Op. 97, Part II: The Passion of Christ: XIII. Chorus. Wir haben ein Gesetz 00:58
• 15 Mendelssohn: Christus, Op. 97, Part II: The Passion of Christ: XIV. Recitative. Da überantwortete er ihn 00:57
• 16 Mendelssohn: Christus, Op. 97, Part II: The Passion of Christ: XV. Chorus. Ihr Töchter Zions 03:58
• 17 Mendelssohn: Christus, Op. 97, Part II: The Passion of Christ: XVI. Chorale. Er nimmt auf seinen Rücken 01:46
• Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805 - 1847): Lobgesang:
• 18 Mendelssohn-Hensel: Lobgesang: I. Introduzione Pastorale. Andante con moto 02:12
• 19 Mendelssohn-Hensel: Lobgesang: II. Chorus. Meine Seele ist stille zu Gott 03:59
• 20 Mendelssohn-Hensel: Lobgesang: III. Recitative. Ein Weib, wenn sie gebieret 01:27
• 21 Mendelssohn-Hensel: Lobgesang: IV. Aria. O dass ich tausend Zungen hätte 03:57
• 22 Mendelssohn-Hensel: Lobgesang: V. Final Chorus. Ich will von Gottes Güte singen 03:14
• Felix Mendelssohn: Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser, Op. 42 "Psalm 42":
• 23 Mendelssohn: Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser, Op. 42 "Psalm 42": I. Chorus. Wie der Hirsch schreit 05:51
• 24 Mendelssohn: Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser, Op. 42 "Psalm 42": II. Aria. Meine Seele dürstet 02:43
• 25 Mendelssohn: Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser, Op. 42 "Psalm 42": III. Recitative. Meine Thränen sind - Soprano and chorus. Denn ich wollte gern hingehen 03:27
• 26 Mendelssohn: Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser, Op. 42 "Psalm 42": IV. Chorus. Was betrübst du dich 01:51
• 27 Mendelssohn: Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser, Op. 42 "Psalm 42": V. Recitative. Mein Gott, betrübt ist meine Seele 01:45
• 28 Mendelssohn: Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser, Op. 42 "Psalm 42": VI. Quintet. Der Herr hat des Tages verheissen 04:12
• 29 Mendelssohn: Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser, Op. 42 "Psalm 42": VII. Finale. Was betrübst du dich meine Seele 04:43
• Total Runtime 58:04

Info for Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn: Sacred Music, Vol. 1

Following in the footsteps of Bach and Handel, Felix Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny Hensel wrote some of the most sumptuous choral works of the first half of the nineteenth century.

The testamentary Christus, left unfinished at Felix’s death, though often overshadowed by Paulus and Elias, forms a veritable trilogy with them. Fanny’s early cantata Lobgesang, composed for her son Sebastian’s first birthday, offers a joyous, festive contrast to her brother’s music.

Christina Landshamer, soprano
Ludwig Mittelhammer, tenor
RIAS Kammerchor
Kammerakademie Potsdam
Justin Doyle, conductor

Christina Landshamer
studied singing at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts and at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts. She has performed at numerous opera houses, including the National Opera in Amsterdam, the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, the Theater an der Wien, the Stuttgart State Theater, the Semperoper Dresden and the Komische Oper Berlin, as well as the Salzburg and Glyndebourne Festivals. Her repertoire includes roles such as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Frasquita (Carmen), Pamina (The Magic Flute), Ännchen (Der Freischütz), and Almirena (Rinaldo). She is also an active concert singer and has performed with the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig and the Munich Philharmonic, among others.

Ludwig Mittelhammer
born in 1988 in Munich, was a member of the Bavarian Theatre Academy August Everding. His vocal training was enriched by masterclasses with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Brigitte Fassbaender, Ann Murray, and Edith Wiens. The multiple award-winning baritone has performed at renowned venues such as the Frankfurt Opera, the Staatstheater Nürnberg, and the Munich Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz. His repertoire includes roles such as Schaunard (La Bohème), Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Herr Fluth (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor), Danilo (Die lustige Witwe), Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Albert (Werther), Peter Besenbinder (Hänsel und Gretel), and the title role in Ernst Krenek's Jonny spielt auf. He also appeared as Falke (Die Fledermaus) at the New National Theatre in Tokyo.

As a concert soloist, Ludwig Mittelhammer is in demand with prestigious orchestras and conductors, including the Orchestre de Paris (Jaap van Zweden), the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Daniel Harding), the Orquesta Nacional de España (David Afkham), the Orquesta de València (Alexander Liebreich), the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Vienna Philharmonic (Franz Welser-Möst).

He has given song recitals in venues such as Wigmore Hall in London, the Cologne and Essen Philharmonics, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Boulez Hall in Berlin, the Brucknerhaus in Linz, at Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich, at the Kissinger Sommer Festival, and at the Schubertiade in Hohenems. His first solo album, featuring songs by Schubert, Medtner, and Wolf, was released in 2019 by Berlin Classics.

Justin Doyle
has been Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin since 2017.

Born in Lancaster in 1975, he was initially a chorister at Westminster Cathedral in London and later a Choral Scholar at the renowned King's College, Cambridge. His international breakthrough as a conductor came in 2006 with a second prize at the prestigious Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition in Barcelona and a scholarship with the BBC Singers, marking the beginning of an ongoing collaboration.

He has guest-conducted ensembles such as the Swedish Radio Choir, the MDR Radio Choir, the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, the Norwegian Soloists' Choir, and Genesis Sixteen, as well as orchestras such as the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, the Finnish Baroque Orchestra, the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, the Orchestra of Opera North, the Royal Northern Sinfonia, and the Kammerakademie Potsdam. Doyle is also in demand as an opera conductor, particularly for works by Mozart, Haydn, and Britten. In recent years, he has conducted productions for Garsington Opera, the Buxton Festival, the Orchestra of Opera North, and the Potsdam Winter Opera at the Schlosstheater there.

With the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, he has initiated an annual cycle of major new commissions, focused on the works of Handel in collaboration with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, and expanded the choir's repertoire in polyphonic Renaissance music. With the singers, he performs a broad spectrum of choral works, ranging from Heinrich Biber's monumental Missa Salisburgensis to intimate settings of folk songs from around the world.

He is also particularly passionate about the music of non-European cultures and about musical education. From 2018 to 2022, he was a visiting professor in the Choral Conducting program at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin. Doyle also served as Visiting Professor of Choral Conducting and Early Music at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki from 2019 to 2024.

Justin Doyle's future engagements include his debut with the Zurich Sing-Akademie and renewed collaborations with the Swedish Radio Choir, the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, and the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra.

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