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Composer:
Felix Mendelssohn

Artist(s):
Alastair Miles
Helen Donath

Conductor:
Kurt Masur

Background: The Birmingham Music Festival committee asked Mendelssohn to conduct the festival in August 1846 and bring a new oratorio with him. The libretto was based closely on the Lutheran bible. The composer was anxious to use biblical language throughout. His concern for language also appears in the immense care he took over the translation into English for the performance in Birmingham.

Two months before the festival, the chorus were given the music of part one, but the last chorus of part two arrived only nine days before the festival began. Despite there being an orchestra of 125 and a chorus of 270 there were only two full rehearsals two days before the concert. The performance was an outstanding success.

CATALOGUE NR: 2564605342
RECORD LABEL: Elatus
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 15-Sep-2003

COMPOSER: Felix Mendelssohn
TITLE: Elijah - complete
ORCHESTRA: Israel Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Kurt Masur
ARTISTS: Alastair Miles   Helen Donath   Jard van Nes   Donald George

- Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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