Utwory na płycie:

• Die erste Walpurgisnacht - Ouvertüre, I. Das schlechte Wetter
• Die erste Walpurgisnacht - Ouvertüre, II. Der Übergang zum Frühling
• Die erste Walpurgisnacht - Es lacht der Mai

The First Walpugis Night, Op. 60 - Cantata for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra
Oedipus at Colonus, Op. 93 - Music to a Tragedy by Sophokles (extracts):
Zur rossprangenden Flur, o Freund
Ach, wär ich, wo bald die Schar
Wer ein längeres Lebensteil wünscht

Goethe's dramatic ballad "Die erste Walpurgisnacht" inspired Mendelssohn to compose a magnificent and vivid portrayal of the conflict between an old pagan community and the new aspirations of Christianization, between belief and superstition and the witches' sabbath, steeped in legend. The composition became one of his most successful choral works.

Now Frieder Bernius has recorded the work on CD with the Kammerchor Stuttgart, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and Renee Morloc, David Fischer, Stephan Genz, and David Jerusalem in the solo parts. The recording also includes excerpts from Mendelssohn's incidental music Oed,"pus at Colonos to Sophocles' tragedy.

With this recording Frieder Bernius once again demonstrates why his Mendelssohn recordings have achieved benchmark status worldwide.