Mendelssohn: Paulus

Composed in the wake of (and influenced by) Mendelssohn’s epoch-making performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion, Paulus is an impressive work whose punchy choruses bring out the best in Hickox. Paul Riley
 

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Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:24 pm

COMPOSERS: Mendelssohn
LABELS: Chandos
WORKS: Paulus
PERFORMER: Gritton, Rigby, Banks, Coleman-Wright; BBC NOW & Chorus/Richard Hickox
CATALOGUE NO: CHAN 10516(2) X

Composed in the wake of (and influenced by) Mendelssohn’s epoch-making performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion, Paulus is an impressive work whose punchy choruses bring out the best in Hickox. Paul Riley

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