Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Christian Schmitt
Number of Discs: 3
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 555484-2
Release: 2024
Size: 1.59 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Sonata I in F Minor, op. 65 Nr. 1
01. I. Allegro moderato e serioso
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Andante recitativo
04. IV. Allegro assai vivace
Praeludium in D Minor
05. I. Praeludium
Praeludium III in D Minor, op. 37
06. I. Praeludium III allegro
07. II. Fuga III
08. Andante con moto in G Minor
09. Andante sostenuto in F Minor
10. Fuga pro Organo pleno in D Minor
11. Andante in D Major
12. Nachspiel in D Major
13. Fughetta in D Major
14. Andante recitativo in F Minor
Sonata Ii in C Minor, op. 65 Nr. 2
15. I. Grave. Adagio
16. II. Maestoso e vivace
17. III. Fuga. Allegro moderato
CD 02
Sonata Iii in D Major, op. 65 Nr. 3
01. I. Con moto maestoso
02. II. Andante tranquillo
03. Andante in D Major
04. Fuga in C Major
05. Fuga in F Minor
06. Allegro con brio in B Major
07. Praeludium in C Minor
Praeludium und Fuga II in G Major, op. 37
08. I. Praeludium II Andante con moto
09. II. Fuga II
10. Andante in F Major
Sonata IV in B Major, op. 65 Nr. 4
11. I. Allegro con brio
12. II. Andante religioso
13. III. Allegretto
14. IV. Allegro maestoso e vivace
CD 03
Sonata V in D Major, op. 65 Nr. 5
01. I. Andante
02. II. Andante con moto
03. III. Allegro maestoso
04. Fuga in G Minor
05. Fuga in E Minor
Praeludium und Fuga I in C Minor, op. 37
06. I. Praeludium I Vivace
07. II. Fuga I con moto
08. Passacaglia in C Minor
09. Allegretto in D Minor
10. Allegro in D Minor
11. Andante rezitativo in F Minor
12. Allegro in B Major
13. Fuga in B Major
Sonata Vi in D Minor, op. 65 Nr. 6
14. I. Choral und Variationen: Andante sostenuto
15. II. Allegro molto
16. III. Fuga. Sostenuto e legato
17. IV. Finale. Andante
Felix Mendelssohn was a passionate organist. Whether in small churches or in majestic cathedrals – wherever he encountered one of these instruments, he had everything he needed. The complex pipe works enabled him to revel in the music of the past on the one hand, which was connected in a special way to the name and output of Johann Sebastian Bach, and on the other hand to let his own ideas have free reign just as his heart desired and to see what would come out of it. Christian Schmitt has recorded the results in impressive completeness on two instrumental works of art from Mendelssohn’s time. Each of the three CDs contains two of the six sonatas, and also feature numerous miniatures with which the eternally young Felix mapped out his broad musical horizons.