Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Chen Reiss, Arabella Steinbacher
Orchestra: Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich
Conductor: Daniel Großmann
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Onyx
Catalogue: ONYX4231
Release: 2022
Size: 1.09 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Mendelssohn: Infelice, Concert Aria, Op. 94, MWV H4 (London version, 1834)
02. Mendelssohn F: Mainacht, Op. 9: No. 6
03. Mendelssohn F: Gondellied, Op. 1: No. 6
04. Mendelssohn F: Der Rosenkranz, Op. 9: No. 3
05. Mendelssohn, Mendelssohn F: 12 Gesänge, Op. 8: No. 3, Italien
Mendelssohn F: Lobgesang, Cantata H-U. 257
06. I. Introduzione (Pastorale)
07. IV. Aria, O dass ich tausend Zungen hätte
08. Mendelssohn F: Dämmrung senkt sich von oben, H-U. 392
09. Mendelssohn F: Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass, Op. 1: No. 3
10. Mendelssohn, Mendelssohn F: 12 Lieder, Op. 9: No. 10, Verlust
11. Mendelssohn F: Die frühen Gräber, Op. 9: No. 4
12. Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture “Fingal’s Cave”, Op. 26 (Rome version No. 1, 1830)
13. Mendelssohn F: Hero und Leander, Dramatic Scene, H-U. 262
Soprano Chen Reiss writes: ‘Discovering the dramatic scene “Hero & Leander” by Fanny Hensel left me amazed by the richness of colours and invention, as well as her skilful orchestration and dramatic expression’. Felix Mendelssohn’s sister Fanny is only now emerging as a significant composer in her own right. Many of her compositions were published under her brother’s name, such was the difficulty faced by female composers in the 19th century to get published and gain recognition. This album contains a selection of her Lieder in new arrangements for orchestra, her dramatic scene for soprano & orchestra ‘Hero und Leander’ set to a text by her father, and the Introduction and an aria from her cantata ‘Lobgesang’. Felix’s concert aria Infelice and the 1st Rome version of ‘Fingals Cave’.