Mendelssohn's solo piano works and recordings
Mendelssohn's solo piano works seem to be a bit lacking in the recorded repertoire. I may be ignorant of the material on LP. In any case, I am aware of the following:
Naxos/Benjamin Frith
Nimbus/Martin Jones
Hyperion/Howard Shelly
Anyone aware of whether Murray Perahia released a set (complete of incomplete)? It would be nice to have this sort of talent on a "high-rez" audio medium...
Last edited by 13hm13; Oct-24-2019 at 01:07.
I'm just aware of this, as regards Perahia
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There's also a very old Vox LP set of all the piano music, played by Kyriakou.
Single works have been recorded by many, such as
Horowitz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwxCB2kuwrM
Richter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9qEIcgSXLU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0f0laEW2ew
Last edited by joen_cph; Oct-23-2019 at 22:24.
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I have this and love it.
When all else fails, listen to Thick as a Brick.
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Mendelssohn: Complete Songs without Words
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
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Mendelssohn - Piano Music
Bertrand Chamayou
Works
Liszt: Mendelssohn Sieben Lieder S547
Mendelssohn: 3 Etudes, Op. 104b
Mendelssohn: 3 Fantasies (or Caprices) Op. 16
Mendelssohn: 3 Preludes, Op. 104a
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
Mendelssohn: Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op. 34 No. 2
Mendelssohn: Caprice in B Flat Minor Op. 33, No. 3
Mendelssohn: Caprice in E Major, Op. 33, No. 2
Mendelssohn: Caprices Nos 1-3, Op. 33
Mendelssohn: Das erste Veilchen, Op. 19a No. 2
Mendelssohn: Prélude in B Minor, Op. 104a, No. 2
Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14
Mendelssohn: Scherzo in E minor, Op. 16 No. 2
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 38 No. 2 in C minor
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 2 in F sharp minor
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 5 in B minor
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 102 No. 5 in A major 'Childrens Piece'
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Book 1 (6), Op. 19b
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 1 in E major 'Sweet Remembrance'
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 2 in A minor
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 3 in A major 'Hunting Song'
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 4 in A major
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 5 in F sharp minor
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 6 in G minor 'Venetianisches Gondellied'
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Book 3 (6), Op. 38
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 38 No. 1 in E flat major
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 38 No. 3 in E major
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 38 No. 4 in A major
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 38 No. 5 in A minor
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 38 No. 6 in A flat major 'Duetto'
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Book 6 (6), Op. 67
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 1 in E flat major
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 3 in B flat major
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 4 in C major 'Spinning Song' or 'Bee's Wedding'
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 6 in E major 'Lullaby'
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Book 8 (6), Op. 102
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 102 No. 1 in E minor
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 102 No. 2 in D major
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 102 No. 3 in C major
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 102 No. 4 in G minor
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 102 No. 6 in C major
Mendelssohn: Suleika (Goethe/von Willemer) Op. 34 No. 4
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses in D minor Op. 54
A great, great recording
Howard Shelley made four discs I believe, highly recommend.
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Some are avail as high-rez downloads as well. I will get around to Vol. 1 soon.Originally Posted by Rogerx
The 80s CD (which contains both PCs from 1974) contains some solo stuff. I think Perahia nails it with FM...
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