Felix Mendelssohn - Great Composers In Words & Music [CD]

Tracklist:

1. Introduction [00:11]
2. Die beiden Neffen oder Der Onkel aus Boston (The Two Nephews, or The Uncle from Boston), MWV L4, ... [01:14]
3. Der Onkel aus Boston ('The Uncle from Boston'), a three-act dramatic work by Felix Mendelssohn, b... [07:00]
4. 6 Kinderstücke (6 Children's Pieces), Op. 72, "Christmas Pieces": No.
5. Allegro non troppo, MWV ... [00:59]
6. An extract from Mendelssohn's piano collection Kinderstücke ('Children's Pieces'), published afte... [02:57]
7. Lied zum Geburtstag meines guten Vaters, MWV K1 [01:12]
8. By his early teens, Mendelssohn had alr eady acquired an impressive portfolio of musical compositi... [05:41]
9. String Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20, MWV R20: III. Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo (excerpt) [01:00]
10. A similar musical atmosphere was created in the second of Mendelssohn's towering early works: his... [00:56]
11. A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21, MWV P3 (excerpt) [01:36]
12. The period also witnessed the intensification of Mendelssohn's historical interest in earlier sty... [03:10]
13. Hora est, MWV B18: Hora est [02:23]
14. 1829 saw the beginning of Mendelssohn's Grand Tour of Europe, a series of excursions that took th... [02:32]
15. The Hebrides in D Major, Op. 26, MWV P7, "Fingal's Cave" (excerpt) [01:06]
16. At the home of a wealthy mine owner in north Wales, the next stop in his tour, Mendelssohn first ... [04:49]
17. Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N16, "Italian": IV. Saltarello: Presto (excerpt) [01:09]
18. The second opportunity to present itself on Mendelssohn's return to Berlin, following his Europea... [02:08]
19. Overture in C Major, Op. 101, MWV P2, "Trumpet" (excerpt) [00:47]
20. The success of Mendelssohn's directorship of the Düsseldorf festival - to one commentator, 'the g... [05:19]
21. Paulus (St. Paul), Op. 36, MWV A14, Part II: How Lovely are the Messengers (Sung in English) (exc... [01:42]
22. Roughly one month earlier, the 9th of September 1836, Mendelssohn had become engaged to Cécile Je... [02:59]
23. 3 Motets, Op. 39: No.
24. Veni, Domine (Hear my prayer, O Lord), MWV B24 (excerpt) [00:52]
25. The next few years in Leipzig witnessed the completion of Mendelssohn's String Quartets Op. 44, h... [03:31]
26. Organ Sonata in C Minor, Op. 65, No. 2, MWV W57: II. Allegro maestoso e vivace (excerpt) [01:05]
27. It is easy to forget that, while Mendelssohn was most famous during his lifetime as a composer, c... [03:12]
28. Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: III. Allegro molto vivace (excerpt) [01:10]
29. Hear My Prayer, a short standalone piece of sacred choral music also composed in 1844, cannot be ... [01:03]
30. Hear My Prayer, WoO 15, MWV B49 (version for voice and organ) (excerpt) [01:28]
31. Ten years after the premiere of St. Paul, Mendelssohn turned his attention once again to the genr... [02:06]
32. Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25, Part II: Alsdann wird euer Licht hervorbrechen (And then shall Your ligh... [00:46]
33. Mendelssohn died on the 4th of November 1847 following a series of strokes. [03:38]
34. Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 5, Op. 62: No. 28 in G Major, Op. 62, No. 4, MWV U175 [01:30]

UPC: 747313837373
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 11.24.23
Format: CD