Word: saltarellos
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...Italian saltarello-inspired exposition pulsed with animation and drive, transitioning seamlessly into a tonally exquisite English horn solo. A few flubbed French horn entrances and a high strings section that occasionally tended to overpower its lower counterparts did little to detract from the ensemble’s procession towards an energetic, brass-heavy coda...
...more than do justice to this underrated composer (Mendelssohn's reputation has still to recover fully from the damage the Nazis did to it), offering crisp, incisive performances. The "Italian" Symphony explodes in a burst of melody, its irresistible opening theme a shout of joy, its finale a whirling saltarello. But Abbado is just as persuasive in the Symphony No. 2, a religious choral work subtitled Hymn of Praise. Although structurally similar to Beethoven's Ninth, Mendelssohn's symphony is its emotional antithesis: calm where Beethoven is uneasy, confident where Beethoven is questioning, sacred where Beethoven is secular. Mendelssohn...
...show distinctly the influence of the warm, genial climate of Italy. The second and third are said to have been written in Naples, but the second is of a character which much more naturally have been suggested and inspired by the magnificent architecture of Rome. The last movement, a "saltarello," was inspired by one of the great carnivals which the composer withessed during his travels in Italy and in it he gives vent to the feelings of buoyancy and happiness which characterized his life there...
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