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Mendelssohn: Complete Solo Piano Music Vol. 1 / Howard Shelley, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2013-03-12

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Capriccio for piano in F sharp minor, Op. 5; Sonata for Piano no 1 in E major, Op. 6; Characteristic Pieces (7) for piano, Op. 7; Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b
Performers: Shelley, Howard

Howard Shelley is an acknowledged expert in the area of early Romantic piano music. With this disc, Shelley presents the first installment of a sixvolume...continue...
Recording information: St Michael's Church, Highgate, London (03/26/2012-03/27/2012)....continue...

Murray Perahia: First 40 Years [63 CDs & 5 DVD-Videos]

73 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2012-11-06

Works: Robert Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze for Piano, Op. 6; Fantasiestücke, Op. 12; Symphonic Etudes for Piano, Op. 13; Symphonic Etudes in Variation Form, WoO 6; Moderato; Songs (5) for voi...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Brainin, Norbert [Violin]; Cole, Vinson; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Cox, Michael; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Fleming, Renée; Frank, Pamela; Glennie, Evelyn; Kremer, Gidon; Kroyt...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Perahia, Murray; Mehta, Zubin; Haitink, Bernard; ; Davis, Colin; Solti, Sir Georg; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra

In recognition of his 40th anniversary with the label, Sony Classical is proud to present Murray Perahia: The First 40 Years. This limited edition box...continue...

Mendelssohn:Songs without Words, Books I-V / Ronald Brautigam, piano (after an instrument by Pleyel 1830)

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-11-02

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Songs without words, vol 2, Op. 30; Songs without words, vol 4, Op. 53; Song Without Words for piano in E flat major (incomplete); Andante for ...
Performers: Brautigam, Ronald

If claims could be made for a certain composer to have invented a genre single-handedly, Felix Mendelssohn would be a strong candidate with his 'Songs...continue...
Recording information: Österåker Church, Sweden (08/2011)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Songs without Words; Variations serieuses / Michael Korstick, piano

2 CD / CPO / 2012-04-24

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Variations Sérieuses (17) for Piano in D minor, Op. 54; Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Songs without words, vol 2, Op. 30; Songs without words, vol 4, Op. 53; Songs with...
Performers: Korstick, Michael

Songs without words - Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy is regarded as the inventor of this genre representing a fascinating region within the piano literature. It has...continue...
Recording information: Kammermusikstudio, SWR Stuttgart....continue...

True North Harp Duo - works by Mendelssohn, Rameau and Franck / Lynne Aspnes & John Wickey, harps

1 CD / Soundset / 2011-12-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; On Wings of Song; Song without words, Op. 67/4 (Presto); Jean-Philippe Rameau: Dardanus; César Franck: Prelude, Fugue and Variation for Or...
Conductors:
Ensemble: True North Harp Duo (Harp duo)

With a rich and orchestral sound, impeccable ensemble and innovative programming the harp duo of Lynne Aspnes and John Wickey performs throughout the U.S. and...continue...
Recording information: Tempest Studios, Tempe, AZ (2010)....continue...

Jorge Bolet: His Earliest Recordings

2 CD / Appian Publications & Recordings / 2011-11-08

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Etudes, Op. 52; Moritz Moszkowski: En automne, for piano, Op. 36/4; Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Andante and Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14;...
Performers: Bolet, Jorge
Conductors: Johnson, Thor

From the mid 1970s until his death, Cuban born Jorge Bolet was considered one of the world's truly great pianists and one of the last...continue...

Mendelssohn: Piano Music / Alasdair Beatson

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-11-08

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata for Piano no 1 in E major, Op. 6; Variations for piano in E flat major, Op. 82; Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Song Without Words for piano no 5 in F sharp minor, Op. ...
Performers: Beatson, Alasdair [Piano]

The second SOMM release in Alasdair Beatson's exploration of his favorite repertoire. A supremely gifted award-winning young artist, Alasdair is winner of the Making Music...continue...
Recording information: Champs Hill, West Sussex, England (07/12/2010-07/13/2010)....continue...

Primakov in Concert, Vol. 2: Bach, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Glass / Vassily Primakov, piano

1 CD / Bridge / 2011-09-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite no 2 in C minor, BWV 813; Philip Glass: Suite from "the Hours"; Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque
Performers: Primakov, Vassily [Piano]

Following the critical success of Primakov in Concert, Vol. 1, Bridge is pleased to release a second compilation of the great Russia/American pianist's live recordings....continue...

Brilliant Classics Piano Library: Mendelssohn

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 19a; Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Songs without words, vol 2, Op. 30; Songs without words, vol 4, Op. 53; Songs without words, vol 5, Op. 6...
Performers: Boer, Pieter-Jelle de; Schmitt-Leonardy, Wolfram; van der Laar, Frank

This 4 CD set contains the “Songs Without Words”, Variations Serieuuse, Kinderstucke, Rondo Capriciccioso, Capriccio and Trois Fantasies ou Caorices plus several short works....continue...

Masters of Chopin / various artists

4 CD / Arbiter / 2010-09-14

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Song Without Words for piano no 6 in G minor ("Venetianisches Gondellied"), Op. 19b/6; Song Without Words for piano no 47 in A major ("Kinderst...
Performers: Barda, Henri; Eisenberger, Severin; Friedman, Ignaz; Tiegerman, Ignace
Conductors: Campisi, Oreste; Férriz, José

Chopin's master interpreters are newly restored to greater clarity through uncompressed sound. Heard here are unissued and unknown performances by these masters. Placed in a...continue...

Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte

2 CD / Meridian / 2010-08-10

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 19a; Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Songs without words, vol 2, Op. 30; Songs without words, vol 4, Op. 53; Songs without words, vol 5, Op. 6...
Performers: Mamou, Roberte

Mendelssohn's creation and cultivation of 'Songs Without Words' had both a positive and a negative impact on his reputation as a composer, a truth that...continue...

Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte / Amir Katz

2 CD / Live Classics / 2009-06-06

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Songs without words, vol 2, Op. 30; Songs without words, vol 3, Op. 38; Songs without words, vol 4, Op. 53; Songs without words, vol 5, Op. 62;...
Performers: Katz, Amir [Piano]

Born in Israel in 1973, Amir Katz began piano lessons at the age of 11 with Hanna Shalgi. Amir went on to won the 1st...continue...

Pure Mendelssohn / Sebastian Knauer

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words for piano no 21 in G minor, Op. 53/3; Work(s); Songs without words, vol 4, Op. 53; Song Without Words for piano no 33 in B flat major, Op. 67/3; Albumblatt for p...
Performers: Knauer, Sebastian

This very personal choice of works illustrates Sebastian Knauer's affinity with Mendelssohn and reveals both the composer's bright, light side and his darker, more profound...continue...

Mendelssohn: Songs without words (Complete) / Daniel Gorter

2 CD / Romeo Records / 2009-03-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 19a; Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Songs without words, vol 2, Op. 30; Songs without words, vol 4, Op. 53; Songs without words, vol 5, Op. 6...
Performers: Gortler, Daniel

Daniel Gortler has performed as soloist with orchestras such as the Israel and London Philharmonics, Berlin and Bavarian Radio Symphonies, Suisse Romande, as well as...continue...
Recording information: Jerusalem Music Centre (1997)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Piano Works / Dana Protopopescu, Florestan Trio

8 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2008-09-30

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Songs without words, vol 2, Op. 30; Songs without words, vol 4, Op. 53; Songs without words, vol 5, Op. 62; Songs without words, vol 3, Op. 38;...
Performers: Protopopescu, Dana
Conductors:
Ensemble: Florestan Trio

Mendelssohn - Piano Music / Bertrand Chamayou

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-06-24

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Prelude for piano in B minor, Op. 104a/2; Andante and Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14; On Wings of Song; Etudes (3) for piano, Op. 104b; Song Without Words for piano no 14 in ...
Performers: Chamayou, Bertrand

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
There was a time in the 19th century when Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words were regularly regarded as the third great collection of...continue...

Paderewski - His Earliest Recordings

2 CD / Appian Publications & Recordings / 2008-05-13

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for piano no 2 in A flat major, Op. 34/1, CT. 208; Nocturne for piano no 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15/2, CT. 112; Waltz for piano no 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2, CT. 2...
Performers: Paderewski, Ignace Jan

Ignace Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) was arguably the most famous, and certainly the highest paid, pianist who ever lived. In the years between 1890 and 1914,...continue...

Ultimate Mendelssohn - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2008-03-11

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Concerto for Violin in D minor; Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20; Concerto for Pia...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Murray, Ann; Schiff, Andras; Zukerman, Pinchas
Conductors: Blomstedt, Herbert; Zukerman, Pinchas; Dutoit, Charles; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

A must for Mendelssohn fans, this set comprises two of his symphonies, two piano concerti, his Midsummer Night's Dream incidental music and one album dedicated...continue...

Ultimate Piano Classics - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2006-11-14

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for piano no 6 in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, CT. 212; Etude for piano no 12 in C minor ("Revolutionary"), Op. 10/12, CT. 25; Polonaise for piano no 3 in A maj...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bolet, Jorge; Cherkassky, Shura; Cooper, Joseph; Davis, Ivan; De Larrocha, Alicia; Eden, Bracha; Gillespie, Rhondda; Katchen, Julius; Lupu, Radu; Nishry, Varda; Roge, Pascal; Sch...

Masters of the French Piano Tradition / Planté, Viñes

1 CD / Arbiter / 2006-10-31

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Etude for piano no 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 10/4, CT. 17; Etude for piano no 5 in G flat major, Op. 10/5, CT. 18; Etude for piano no 7 in C major, Op. 10/7 CT. 20; Etude for...
Performers: Diémer, Louis; Herrenschmidt, Marcelle; Lazare-Levy; Philipp, Isidor; Planté, Francis; Saint-Saëns, Camille; Viñes, Ricardo

Arbiter's new restoration process has yielded great clarity on acoustic and early electric orchestral recordings. While Strauss and Weingartner are well known, the art of...continue...

Novaria

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2005-05-31

Works: James Greeson: Seven Songs for Sundays, for flute & guitar; Arioso, for flute & guitar (after Sor); Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Claude Debussy: Arabesques (2) for Piano; Felix Mendelssohn...

Romantique - Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Schumann

2 CD / Naïve / 2004-03-01

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Prelude for piano no 16 in B flat minor, Op. 28/16, CT. 181; Prelude for piano no 8 in F sharp minor, Op. 28/8, CT. 173; Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 "Fune...
Performers: Cabasso, Laurent; Cassard, Philippe; Engel, Karl; Gulda, Paul; Jandó, Jenö; Laval, Danielle; Nagy, Péter [Piano]; Olejniczak, Janusz; Orozco, Rafael; Sokolov, Grigory

Liszt, Mendelssohn, Chopin and Schumann defined the generation of composers from the Romantic era. Their works were inspired by inconsolable love, night, death, childhood, dreams,...continue...

Piano Classics - Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, et al

8 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-01-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 15 in C major ("Sonata semplice") K. 545; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Piano Sonata, K. 332; Fantasy for Piano in C minor, K 475; Ludw...
Performers: Anderson, Mark; Cherkassky, Shura; Deyanova, Marta; Jones, Martin [Piano]; Perlemuter, Vlado; Roberts, Bernard

This specially priced eight CD set features some of the greatest piano music written by the giants of the Classical and Romantic traditions. Each disc...continue...

Sviatoslav Richter Archives, Vol. 6: 1972 Recital, Szeged, Hungary

1 CD / Doremi / 2000-09-12

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in C minor, D 958; Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109; Claud...
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav

Songs Without Words

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-11-16

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Four Chorale Preludes; Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Song without words, Op. 67/2 (Allegro leggiero); Song Without Words for piano no 10 in B minor, Op. 30...
Performers: Perahia, Murray

"...[Perahia's] performance of the 'Erlkonig' is not only powerful; it actually sent chills down my back, and it is the best performance I have ever...continue...
Personnel: Murray Perahia (piano).

The elegant and clean lyricism of Murray Perahia's playing fits this program of piano songs without words to a tee. Perahia has always had a wonderful knack f...continue...

Mendelssohn: Complete Piano Music / Martin Jones

6 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Caprices (3) for piano, Op. 33; Capriccio for piano in F sharp minor, Op. 5; Capriccio for piano in E major, Op. 118; Scherzo for piano in B minor; Scherzo a capriccio, for piano i...
Performers: Jones, Martin [Piano]

Mendelssohn: Songs without Words / Barbara Meister

2 CD / Centaur / 1997-08-22

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Songs without words, vol 2, Op. 30; Songs without words, vol 3, Op. 38; Songs without words, vol 4, Op. 53; Songs without words, vol 5, Op. 62;...
Performers: Meister, Barbara

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words (Selection) / Péter Nagy

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-07-23

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19; Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Song Without Words for piano no 6 in G minor ("Venetianisches Gondellied"), Op. 19b/6; Songs without words, vol 2, O...
Performers: Nagy, Péter [Piano]

Mendelssohn: Songs without Words / Daniel Barenboim

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1997-04-15

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Songs without words, vol 2, Op. 30; Songs without words, vol 4, Op. 53; Songs without words, vol 5, Op. 62; Songs without words, vol 3, Op. 38;...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]

"Barenboim also seems much more anxious to live up to the implications of the title in making his right hand the singer and his left...continue...

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words / Lívia Rév

2 CD / Hyperion / 1997-03-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Songs without words, vol 2, Op. 30; Songs without words, vol 4, Op. 53; Songs without words, vol 5, Op. 62; Songs without words, vol 3, Op. 38;...
Performers: Rev, Livia

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words Vol. 2

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1991-03-24

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19; Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Song Without Words for piano no 24 in A major, Op. 53/6; Song Without Words for piano no 12 in F sharp minor ("Venet...
Performers: Nagy, Péter [Piano]

Romantic Piano Favourites Vol 1 / Balázs Szokolay

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1988-03-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo for Piano no 1 in D major, K 485; Franz Schubert: Impromptu in G flat major, D 899, no 9; Carl Maria von Weber: Invitation to the Dance, in D flat major J 260/Op. 65; E...
Performers: Szkolay, Balazs [Piano]