Mendelssohn: At the Piano

Description

At the piano with Mendelssohn – everyone naturally thinks first of his wonderful Songs without Words, from which Henle has chosen a varied selection here. But there are other pieces in this volume that are no less fascinating, such as several of his enchanting children's pieces, which belong alongside Robert Schumann's Kinderszenen. in compositions such as the Prelude in F Minor, we can also discern the love that Mendelssohn the German Romantic bore for the polyphony of J. S. Bach.

Pieces

• Allegro non troppo in G Major, MWV U 171, Op. 72, No. 1
• Allegretto in G Major, MWV U 164, Op. 72, No. 3
• Allegro assai in G Minor, MWV U 166, Op. 72, No. 5
• Andante sostenuto in G Minor (Venetian Gondola Song No. 1), MWV U 78, Op. 19b, No. 6
• Song Without Words (Venetian Gondola Song), MWV U 110, Op. 30, No. 6
• Song without Words in A Major (Spring Song), MWV U 161, Op. 62, No. 6
• Song Without Words (Venetian Gondola Song), MWV U 151, Op. 62, No. 5
• Sanft und mit Empfindung, MWV U 56, Op. 7, No. 1
• Andante con moto in E Major, MWV U 86, Op. 19b, No. 1
• Song without Words in A-flat Major (Duetto), MWV U 119, Op. 38, No. 6
• Fantasy in A Minor, MWV U 70, Op. 16, No. 1
• Prelude from Prelude and Fugue in F Minor, MWV U 126, MWV U 106, Op. 35, No. 5
• Presto in C Major ("Spinning Song"), MWV U 182, Op. 67, No. 4