The influence of Mendelssohn’s Leipzig ancestor, J S Bach, is palpable in his sacred music: these psalms (Nos 42, 98, 114 and 115) are cantata-like settings, brimful of fugal and other rhythmic ...
With a mere handful of recordings of Mendelssohn’s Psalm 42 currently available, it may seem strange that Philippe Herreweghe has chosen to add another to hi ...