Mendelssohn: String Symphonies Nos. 7, 9 & 12 Streicherakademie Bozen & Frieder Bernius

• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847): String Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, MWV N7:
• 1Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, MWV N7: I. Allegro05:45
• 2Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, MWV N7: II. Andante amorevole04:19
• 3Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, MWV N7: III. Menuetto - Trio05:30
• 4Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, MWV N7: IV. Allegro molto06:41
• String Symphony No. 9 in C Major, MWV N9:
• 5Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 9 in C Major, MWV N9: I. Grave - Allegro11:08
• 6Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 9 in C Major, MWV N9: II. Andante06:36
• 7Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 9 in C Major, MWV N9: III. Scherzo - Trio più lento03:08
• 8Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 9 in C Major, MWV N9: IV. Allegro vivace10:17
• String Symphony No. 12 in G Minor, MWV N12:
• 9Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 12 in G Minor, MWV N12: I. Fuga. Grave - Allegro06:28
• 10Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 12 in G Minor, MWV N12: II. Andante05:13
• 11Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 12 in G Minor, MWV N12: III. Allegro molto - Più allegro10:52
• Total Runtime01:15:57

Info for Mendelssohn: String Symphonies Nos. 7, 9 & 12

Felix Mendelssohn's string symphonies can be broadly split into two groups: the first six all have a three-movement structure; the movements of the first three are ordered fast-slow-fast and are thus based on the pre-Classical models. The second group of string symphonies comprises more substantial compositions. This release features no. 7 in D minor, no. 9 in C major, and no. 12 in G minor. There are several ways through these three symphonies when we hear Mendelssohn's ingenuity break fresh ground. The Bolzano String Academy was established in 1987 by the South Tyrolean Music Association under the artistic direction of Georg Egger. The string orchestra consists mainly of South Tyrolean musicians who have gained a wealth of experience in prominent chamber ensembles and orchestras at national and international level and pass on their experience in joint projects with budding young artists. The String Academy usually performs without a conductor. Some of the String Academy's members also play in the Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart, and this connection has led to collaboration with the conductor Frieder Bernius.

"While Mendelssohn’s String Symphonies are often called light and elegant, Frieder Bernius and Accademia d’archi di Bolzano show in the Nos 7, 9 and 12, how profound the music of these symphonies can be. The performances are warmly atmospheric and meaningful." (Remy Franck, pizzicato.lu)

Streicherakademie Bozen
Frieder Bernius, conductor

Frieder Bernius
Bernius’s work has earned great worldwide recognition. He is in demand internationally as a conductor and as a teacher. His principal artistic collaborators are the ensembles he founded himself, the Kammerchor Stuttgart, the Barockorchester Stuttgart, the Hofkapelle Stuttgart and the Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart. As a guest conductor, he has collaborated repeatedly with, for example, the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester and the Streicherakademie Bozen. Great stylistic versatility is Frieder Bernius’s hallmark. Whether he conducts vocal works by Monteverdi, Bach, Händel, Mozart, Beethoven, Fauré and Ligeti, stage music by Mendelssohn or symphonies by Haydn, Burgmüller and Schubert, his work always aims for a sound that is at once unmistakably personal and at the same time oriented towards the original period sound ideal. He devotes himself equally to the rediscovery of 18th century operas and to first performances of contemporary compositions. He is particularly interested in the musical history of southwestern Germany. Carus-Verlag has awarded Frieder Bernius a Golden CD for his complete recording of the sacred music of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. The award was presented to him during the German Choir Festival in Stuttgart 2016. The sale of over 250,000 recordings, which has been acclaimed with a number of awards, has made a not insignificant contribution to what today is the obvious presence of Mendelssohn's complete œuvre in the concert repertoire.

Booklet for Mendelssohn: String Symphonies Nos. 7, 9 & 12