{"product_id":"cc72543-symphony-no-2-lobgesang","title":"Symphony no. 2 'Lobgesang'","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE NETHERLANDS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA \u003c\/strong\u003eJan Willem de Vriend\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p6\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJudith van Wanroij \u003c\/strong\u003esoprano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMachteld Baumans \u003c\/strong\u003esoprano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatrick Henckens \u003c\/strong\u003etenor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChoir \u003c\/strong\u003eConsensus Vocalis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChoir conductor \u003c\/strong\u003eKlaas Stok\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p6\"\u003eIt is June 1840, you are in the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, the church where the famous composer Johann Sebastian Bach was once kapellmeister. You are there to attend the premiere of a piece of music on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg. The successful composer Felix Mendelssohn will conduct his own music. Mild excitement takes hold of you; you feel that it is going to be a magnificent concert, with orchestra, choir, soloists. Finally, it starts. The trombones begin with a regal theme that resounds through the church. The orchestra takes over the theme. You are immediately swept up by, immersed in the music – an overwhelming experience. \u003cbr\u003eThat must certainly have been the experience of the audience at this first performance of Mendelssohn’s symphony-cantata, as he liked to describe it. That the beginning of the piece is so overawing, by the nature of the theme and scoring of wind instruments, is not something you immediately expect from a composer such as Mendelssohn. He is known more for refinement, a cultivated melancholy that is fascinating, but does not threaten to make off with you. And of course, there is the virtuosity, which never stoops to affectation and always remains functional.\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e1 \u003c\/span\u003eAs impressive as the regal trombone theme is, other passages of \u003cem\u003eLobgesang \u003c\/em\u003ehave probably moved audiences more deeply. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Challenge Classics","offers":[{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56738628632900,"sku":"CC72543-17","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 192 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56738628665668,"sku":"CC72543-6","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 96 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":56738628698436,"sku":"CC72543-7","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 192 kHz \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56738628731204,"sku":"CC72543-9","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 96 kHz \/ 5ch Surround","offer_id":56738628763972,"sku":"CC72543-10","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo","offer_id":57308057600324,"sku":"CC72543-14","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"DSD 64 \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57334545121604,"sku":"CC72543S1417","price":28.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 192 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57334545154372,"sku":"CC72543S69","price":26.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC 96 kHz \/ 2ch Stereo \u0026 5ch Surround","offer_id":57334545187140,"sku":"CC72543S710","price":25.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/7900\/2436\/files\/CC72543-1.jpg?v=1790123189","url":"https:\/\/www.nativedsd.com\/products\/cc72543-symphony-no-2-lobgesang","provider":"NativeDSD Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}