COMPOSERS: Mendelssohn
LABELS: Harmonia Mundi
ALBUM TITLE: Mendelssohn
WORKS: Paulus
PERFORMER: Soloists; La Chapelle Royale; Collegium Vocale; Orchestre de Champs-Elysées/Philippe Herreweghe
CATALOGUE NO: HMY 2921584-85 (1996)
Matthias Goerne’s noble Paulus is the standout in Herreweghe’s scrupulously nuanced, broadly conceived, and warmly delivered account of an oratorio perennially overshadowed by its better-known sibling Elijah.
Paul Riley