MENDELSSOHN: Lieder ohne Worte
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Felix Mendelssohn lived with a classical spirit in an era that sought to be romantic. Compared to the extravagances and pyrotechnics of the great romantic virtuosos, Mendelssohn seems to champion an intimate, domestic, inward style of pianism, a stranger to all excess.
The programme of Perianes’s new album illustrates four essential qualities of the music of Felix Mendelssohn. Music stripped of all superfluity, including the literary aspect (Songs without Words); a gift for creating magical atmospheres (Rondo Capriccioso); unconditional admiration for classical order; finally, a genuine veneration for Bach (Prelude and fugue op.35). The whole radiant universe of Mendelssohn is encapsulated here.
Contents
FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY [1809-1847]
Andante con variazioni Op. 82 (7'54)
Andante con moto (3'08)
Andante sostenuto "Venetianisches Gondellied" (2'08)
Allegretto tranquillo "Venetianisches Gondellied" (3'06)
Andante con moto "Duetto" (3'09)
Rondo capriccioso, Op. 14 (6'37)
Andante con moto (3'38)
Presto agitato (2'52)
Andante con moto "Venetianisches Gondellied" (2'50)
Andante (2'40)
Allegro leggiero (2'20)
Andante tranquillo (2'55)
Allegretto non troppo (2'23)
Präludium und Fuge E-Moll, Op. 35/1
I. Präludium, Allegro con fuoco (2'10)
II. Fuga, Andante espressivo (6'36)
Andante sostenuto (2'43)
Andante - un poco agitato (2'43)
Andant - un poco agitato (2'20)
Andante (2'37)
17 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54 (11'57)