Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Howard Shelley
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA68125
Release: 2015
Size: 1.03 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Prelude & Fugue for piano in E minor, Op. 35 No. 1
01. I. Prelude: Allegro con fuoco
02. II. Fugue: Andante espressivo
Prelude & Fugue for piano in D major, Op. 35 No. 2
03. I. Prelude: Allegretto
04. II. Fugue: Tranquillo e sempre legato
Prelude & Fugue for piano in B minor, Op. 35 No. 3
05. I. Prelude: Prestissimo staccato
06. II. Fugue: Allegro con brio
Prelude & Fugue for piano in A flat major, Op. 35 No. 4
07. I. Prelude: Con moto
08. II. Fugue: Con moto ma sostenuto
Prelude & Fugue for piano in F minor, Op. 35 No. 5
09. I. Prelude: Andante lento
10. II. Fugue: Allegro con fuoco
Prelude & Fugue for piano in B flat major, Op. 35 No. 6
11. I. Prelude: Maestoso moderato
12. II. Fugue: Allegro con brio
Andante Cantabile and Presto Agitato
13. I. Andante cantabile
14. II. Presto agitato
15. Lied in A major, 1837
Songs without Words, Book 5, Op. 62
16. No 1 in G major. Andante espressivo
17. No 2 in B flat major. Allegro con fuoco
18. No 3 in E minor. Andante maestoso
19. No 4 in G major. Allegro con anima
20. No 5 in A minor ‘Venetianisches Gondellied’. Andante con moto
21. No 6 in A major ‘Spring Song’. Allegretto grazioso
The Op 35 set of Preludes and Fugues is the most substantial single opus Mendelssohn wrote for solo piano, a mark of his reverence for the mighty Bach. Coupled with the popular fifth book of Songs without Words, we have here a heavyweight fourth volume in Howard Shelley’s compendium.