Mendelssohn: Piano Music

Published: 29 February 2024
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Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) was one of the most gifted of all composers. A child prodigy born to a wealthy banking family in Berlin, he matured musically at an incredible rate – and was composing music in his ‘mature’ style by the age of 15 – something not even Mozart achieved.

Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Artists: Wolfram Smitt-Leonardy

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Like Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt, he was a formidable pianist, and his style as a pianist was influenced by composers such as Hummel, Thalberg, Moscheles and Weber.

Mendelssohn his two mature piano concertos ( a third has just been discovered) are brilliant compositions for the instrument and novel in structure, with the 3 movements linked. His music for solo piano contains some remarkable music, especially the Op.54 Variations, his greatest work for solo piano – it is brilliantly conceived and executed, highly virtuosic, harmonically and thematically daring piece. The other works on this release illustrate both the virtuosic and the more reflective facets of Mendelssohn’s writing for piano. The capriccios reflect the popular taste at the time for works with a slow romantic introduction followed by a dashing finale. Op.72 Kinderstücke are very different from Schumann’s Kinderszenen. These are idyllic, gentle pieces, and have a fairy-tale quality to them.

Tracklist:

00:00:00 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: Thema. Andante sostenuto
00:00:41 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: I. —
00:01:17 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: II. Un poco più animato
00:01:45 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: III. Più animato
00:02:07 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: IV. —
00:02:26 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: V. Agitato
00:02:51 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: VI. A tempo
00:03:15 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: VII. —
00:03:43 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: VIII. Allegro vivace
00:04:00 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: IX. —
00:04:24 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: X. Moderato
00:05:12 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XI. Cantabile
00:06:04 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XII. Tempo del Tema
00:06:35 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XIII. Sempre assai leggiero
00:07:21 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XIV. Adagio
00:08:33 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XV. Poco a poco più agitato
00:09:13 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XVI. Allegro vivace
00:09:32 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XVII. Coda. Presto
00:12:00 Felix Mendelssohn: Trois Fantaisies ou Caprices, Op. 16: I. Andante con moto
00:16:35 Felix Mendelssohn: Trois Fantaisies ou Caprices, Op. 16: II. Scherzo. Presto
00:19:01 Felix Mendelssohn: Trois Fantaisies ou Caprices, Op. 16: III. Andante
00:23:34 Felix Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14 (Andante – Presto leggiero)
00:29:56 Felix Mendelssohn: Kinderstücke, Op. 72: I. Allegro non troppo
00:30:59 Felix Mendelssohn: Kinderstücke, Op. 72: II. Andante sostenuto
00:32:23 Felix Mendelssohn: Kinderstücke, Op. 72: III. Allegretto
00:33:17 Felix Mendelssohn: Kinderstücke, Op. 72: IV. Andante con moto
00:34:38 Felix Mendelssohn: Kinderstücke, Op. 72: V. Allegro assai
00:36:14 Felix Mendelssohn: Kinderstücke, Op. 72: VI. Vivace
00:37:45 Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo a Capriccio, WoO 3 (Presto scherzando)
00:44:14 Felix Mendelssohn: Capriccio, Op. 5 (Prestissimo)
00:50:39 Felix Mendelssohn: Andante cantabile e Presto agitato, WoO 6
00:58:45 Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo in B Minor, WoO 2 (Prestissimo)
00:59:44 Felix Mendelssohn: Perpetuum mobile, Op. 119 (Prestissimo)


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