Mendelssohn: Symphony No.5 (Reformation)

Building a Library compares recordings of Mendelssohn's Symphony No.5, the 'Reformation'. It was written to mark the 300th anniversary of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession in 1530, a critical event of the Protestant Reformation.

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Mendelssohn - Complete Symphonies Volume 4
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 5 in D major Op. 107 'Reformation'; String Symphony No. 5 in B flat major; String Symphony No. 6 in E flat major; String Symphony No. 10 in B minor
Heidelberger Sinfoniker, Thomas Fey (conductor)
HANSSLER HAEN98547 (CD mid-price)