Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Howard Shelley
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA68344
Release: 2021
Size: 1.1 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54
Kinderstücke, Op. 72 ‘Christmas Pieces’
02. No 1 in G major. Allegro non troppo
03. No 2 in E flat major. Andante sostenuto
04. No 3 in G major. Allegretto
05. No 4 in D major. Andante con moto
06. No 5 in G minor. Allegro assai
07. No 6 in F major. Vivace
Zwei Kinderstücke
08. No 1 in E flat major. Andante
09. No 2 in F major. Sostenuto
10. Variations in E flat major, Op. 82
11. Gondellied (Barcarolle) in A
12. Song Without Words in F major (dedicated to Doris Loewe)
13. Lied in D major
14. Variations in B flat major, Op. 83
3 Preludes, Op. 104a
15. No 1 in B flat major. Allegro molto e vivace
16. No 2 in B minor. Allegro agitato
17. No 3 in D major. Allegro vivace
3 Etudes, Op. 104b
18. No 1 in B flat minor. Presto
19. No 2 in F major. Allegro con moto
20. No 3 in A minor. Allegro vivace
Songs without Words, Book 6, Op. 67
21. No 1 in E flat major. Andante
22. No 2 in F sharp minor. Allegro leggiero
23. No 3 in B flat major. Andante tranquillo
24. No 4 in C major ‘Spinnerlied’. Presto
25. No 5 in B minor. Moderato
26. No 6 in E major. Allegretto non troppo
Howard Shelley continues to overturn the conventional wisdom about Mendelssohn’s unjustly neglected piano music, again demonstrating convincingly its claims on our attention.