Thomanerchor Leipzig - Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Oratorium Christus, Op. 97 (2009)

Ein äußerst interessanter und hörenswerter Beitrag aus Leipzig zum 200. Geburtstag des Komponisten.
Live broadcast from the Thomaskirche Church in Leipzig
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdi (1809-1847) | Kapellmeister's Gewandhaus in Leipzig from 1835 to 1847.
On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdi, a new CD was released in 2007: The Leipzig Thomanerchor and the Gewandhaus Orchestra perform sacred rarities written by the famous Leipzig composer.
The oratorio "Christus" by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdi, begun in 1847, was supposed to complete the triad, the first parts of which, "Paulus" and "Elijah", are major works of choral music of the XIX century. Mendelssohn's early and unexpected death in November 1847 left the oratorio a fragment, the finished parts of which, unfortunately, are rarely heard.
The tomascantor Georg Christoph Biller recorded parts of "Christ" with Six utterances, Op. 79, combining them, and thus achieving unity of content and expression, which for the first time makes a convincing performance-practical version out of individual fragments. In addition, on this disc you can hear other sacred rarities that came from the pen of Mendelssohn with Thomanerchor Leipzig and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.