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Work: Symphony no. 2 in B flat major, "Lobgesang" (Hymn of Praise), Op.52

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ComposerMendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
PeriodRomantic
Work typeOrchestral
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PragueUnfinished & Lobgesang

Prague Symphony Orchestra
Schubert, Mendelssohn
Prague Symphony Orchestra; Petr Altrichter; Lada Bočková; Magdaléna Hebousse; Petr Nekoranec; Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno

ZurichCollegium Vocale Gent

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Mendelssohn
Basel Chamber Orchestra; Philippe Herreweghe; Collegium Vocale Gent; Gwendoline Blondeel; Flore van Meerssche; David Fischer

SevilleSinfónico 10: Fanny y Felix

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Mendelssohn
Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla; Iñigo Sampil; Chen Reiss; Auxiliadora Toledano; Filip Filipović; Coro Teatro de la Maestranza
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Hymn of Praise: thrilling Mendelssohn at the Glasshouse

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As the BBC Proms visits Gateshead, Dinis Sousa and the Royal Northern Sinfonia excel in Mendelssohn, although David Fray's Bach underwhelms. 
****1
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Hymns of praise: a stirring climax to Schiff's Mendelssohn cycle

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Schiff takes the long view in Mendelssohn's unfashionable masterpiece. 
****1
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A weighty hymn of praise at the Santa Cecilia

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Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha is the pick of the soloists in a weighty reading of Mendelssohn's Lobgesang under Kazuki Yamada. But can Schubert's Fifth withstand the same approach? 
***11
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