Mendelssohn: Piano Rarities
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Piano Rarities
Christopher Williams (piano)
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 24 November 2023
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Recent scholarship has brought numerous compositions by the excessively self-critical
Mendelssohn into print and has ensured more accurate compositional dates for them. Many of these rare and little-known examples are encountered on this album. The title Lieder ohne Worte ('Songs without Words') may have mystified some contemporaries but their refinement and beauty are obvious as is their wide emotional range. The two youthful sonatas are astonishingly mature, even in the allusions to Beethoven. Mendelssohn's humour and quirkiness can also be heard in this vibrant selection of seldom encountered piano pieces.
Tracks:
Piano Sonata in F minor, MWV U23
Piano Sonata in E minor, MWV U19
Lieder ohne Worte:
E flat major, MWV U68
A major, Op. 85, No. 5, MWV
D major, MWV U178
F major, MWV U150
F sharp minor, MWV U124
Allegretto in A major, MWV U138
Andante in A major, MWV U76
Lieder ohne Worte:
A minor, Op, 19b, No. 2, MWV U80
E flat major, MWV U82
Andante con moto in A major, MWV U75
Con moto in A major, MWV U88
Wie die Zeit läuft!, MWV U196
Theme and Variations in D major, MWV Z1, No. 119
Piano Piece in G major, MWV U38
Andante in E flat major, MWV U165
Sostenuto in F major, MWV U167
anon in F sharp minor, MWV U163
Capriccio in E flat minor, MWV U43
Allegro in F major, MWV U174 'Bärentanz' (
