Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Howard Shelley
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA68368
Release: 2022
Size: 1.18 GB
Recovery: +3%
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01. Albumblatt in E minor, Op. 117
02. Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 2 in A minor
03. Capriccio in E major, Op. 118
04. Perpetuum mobile in C major, Op. 119
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, WoO13
05. I. Prelude: Allegro molto
06. II. Fugue: Allegro energico
Musical sketches, WoO19
07. No 1 in B flat major. Andante cantabile
08. No 2 in G minor. Presto agitato
09. Reiterlied in D minor
Piano Sonata in B flat major, Op. 106
10. I. Allegro vivace
11. II. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo
12. III. Andante quasi allegretto
13. IV. Allegro molto
Songs without Words, Book 7, Op. 85
14. No 1 in F major. Andante espressivo
15. No 2 in A minor. Allegro agitato
16. No 3 in E flat major. Presto
17. No 4 in D major. Andante sostenuto
18. No 5 in A major. Allegretto
19. No 6 in B flat major. Allegretto con moto
Songs without Words, Book 8, Op. 102
20. No 1 in E minor. Andante un poco agitato
21. No 2 in D major. Adagio
22. No 3 in C major. Presto
23. No 4 in G minor. Andante, un poco agitato
24. No 5 in A major. Allegro vivace
25. No 6 in C major. Andante
Howard Shelley’s survey of the piano music is an undoubted highlight of the Mendelssohn revival. In this, the final instalment of the series, he focuses on late works and posthumous publications.