Mendelssohn: Piano Works

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Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Artists: Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy (piano), Frank van der Laar (piano), Pieter-Jelle de Boer (piano)

Felix Mendelssohn was a virtuoso pianist, and it worth remembering that he was born in 1809, with his friend Schumann being born a year later in 1810, as was Chopin, and Liszt following in 1811. These composers were among the greatest pianists of the 19th century, and they were born at a time when the piano was a relatively modern instrument, and composers such as Hummel, Moscheles (Mendelssohn’s friend), Kalkbrenner and Ries were accorded adulation similar to pop stars today. Beethoven commenced his career in the 1790s as a virtuoso pianist.

No surprise then that the young Mendelssohn composed extensively for his chosen instrument from the outset. From early concertos and sonatas he quickly established his ‘mature’ style in works such as the Rondo capriccioso, and the Andante cantabile e Presto agitato. The masterpieces that followed include the remarkably imposing Variations serieuses and the famous Songs without Words.

Mendelssohn’s style did not change throughout his short creative life – he very quickly composed in what we know as his mature style from his early teens, something even Mozart didn’t achieve.

This album contains the Songs without Words, Variations serieuse, Kinderstucke, Rondo capriccioso, Capriccio, and Trois Fantasies ou Caprices plus several shorter works.

Tracklist can be found in the comment section!

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  • @BrilliantClassics
    Tracklist can be found here!

    00:00:00 Andante con moto in E Major, Op. 19: No. 1
    00:03:49 Andante espressivo in A Minor, Op. 19: No. 2
    00:06:14 Molto allegro in A Major, Op. 19: No. 3, Jägerlied
    00:08:48 Moderato in A Major, Op. 19: No. 4
    00:11:15 Agitato in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 19: No. 5
    00:14:46 Andante sostenuto in G Minor, Op. 19: No. 6, Venetian Gondola Song
    00:17:22 Andante espressivo in E-Flat Major, Op. 30: No. 1
    00:21:43 Allegro di molto in B-Flat Minor, Op. 30: No. 2
    00:23:49 Andante sostenuto in E Major, Op. 30: No. 3
    00:26:27 Agitato e con fuoco in B Minor, Op. 30: No. 4
    00:29:20 Andante grazioso in D Major, Op. 30: No. 5
    00:31:13 Allegretto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 30: No. 6, Venetian Gondola Song
    00:34:01 Con moto in E-Flat Major, Op. 38: No. 1
    00:36:16 Allegro non troppo in C Minor, Op. 38: No. 2
    00:38:33 Presto in E Major, Op. 38: No. 3
    00:41:00 Andante in A Major, Op. 38: No. 4
    00:43:03 Agitato in A Minor, Op. 38: No. 5
    00:45:41 Andante con moto in A flat Major, Op. 38: No. 6, Duetto
    00:48:33 Andante con moto in A flat Major, Op. 53: No. 1
    00:51:24 Allegro non troppo in E-Flat Major, Op. 53: No. 2
    00:54:13 Presto agitato in G Minor, Op. 53: No. 3
    00:57:07 Adagio in F Major, Op. 53: No. 4
    00:59:53 Allegro in A Minor, Op. 53: No. 5, Volkslied
    01:02:52 Molto allegro vivace in A Major, Op. 53: No. 6

    01:06:02 Andante espressivo in G Major, Op. 62: No. 1
    01:08:13 Allegro con fuoco in B-Flat Major, Op. 62: No. 2
    01:10:17 Andante maestoso in E Minor, Op. 62: No. 3, Trauermarsch
    01:13:52 Allegro con anima in G Major, Op. 62: No. 4
    01:15:08 Andante in A Minor, Op. 62: No. 5, Venetian Gondola Song
    01:17:56 Andante grazioso, in A Major, Op. 62: No. 6, Frühlingslied
    01:21:07 Andante in E-Flat Major, Op. 67: No. 1
    01:23:46 Allegro leggiero in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 67: No. 2
    01:26:22 Andante tranquillo in B-Flat Major, Op. 67: No. 3
    01:28:48 Presto in C Major, Op. 67: No. 4, Spinnerlied: The Bee’s Wedding
    01:30:48 Moderato in B Minor, Op. 67: No. 5
    01:33:10 Allegretto non troppo in E Major, Op. 67: No. 6
    01:35:34 Andante espressivo in F Major, Op. 85: No. 1
    01:37:48 Allegro agitato in A Minor, Op. 85: No. 2
    01:38:43 Presto in E-Flat Major, Op. 85: No. 3
    01:41:18 Andante sostenuto, in D Major, Op. 85: No. 4
    01:44:17 Allegretto in A Major, Op. 85: No. 5
    01:46:02 Allegretto con moto in B-Flat Major, Op. 85: No. 6
    01:48:33 Andante un poco agitato in E Minor, Op. 102: No. 1
    01:50:49 Adagio in D Major, Op. 102: No. 2
    01:53:27 Presto in C Major, Op. 102: No. 3
    01:55:00 Un poco agitato in G Minor, Op. 102: No. 4
    01:57:10 Allegro vivace in A Major, Op. 102: No. 5, Kinderstück
    01:58:29 Andante in C Major, Op. 102: No. 6

    02:01:06 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: Thema, Andante sostenuto
    02:01:47 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: I.
    02:02:23 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: II. Un poco più animato
    02:02:51 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: III. Più animato
    02:03:13 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: IV.
    02:03:33 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: V. Agitato
    02:03:57 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: VI. a tempo
    02:04:22 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: VII.
    02:04:49 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: VIII. Allegro vivace
    02:05:07 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: IX.
    02:05:31 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: X. Moderato
    02:06:19 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XI. Cantabile
    02:07:11 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XII. Tempo del Tema
    02:07:42 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XIII. Sempre assai leggiero
    02:08:28 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XIV. Adagio
    02:09:40 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XV. Poco a poco più agitato
    02:10:20 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XVI. Allegro vivace
    02:10:38 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XVII. Coda: Presto
    02:13:07 Trois Fantaisies ou Caprices, Op. 16: I. Andante con moto
    02:17:43 Trois Fantaisies ou Caprices, Op. 16: II. Scherzo: Presto
    02:20:08 Trois Fantaisies ou Caprices, Op. 16: III. Andante
    02:24:42 Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14: Andante – Presto leggiero
    02:31:04 Kinderstücke, Op. 72: I. Allegro non troppo
    02:32:08 Kinderstücke, Op. 72: II. Andante sostenuto
    02:33:32 Kinderstücke, Op. 72: III. Allegretto
    02:34:26 Kinderstücke, Op. 72: IV. Andante con moto
    02:35:46 Kinderstücke, Op. 72: V. Allegro assai
    02:37:23 Kinderstücke, Op. 72: VI. Vivace
    02:38:54 Scherzo a Capriccio: Presto scherzando
    02:45:23 Capriccio, Op. 5: Prestissimo
    02:51:49 Andante cantabile e Presto agitato
    02:59:55 Scherzo in B Minor: Prestissimo
    03:00:55 Perpetuum mobile, Op. 119: Prestissimo

    03:03:52 Variations in E-Flat Op. 82
    03:12:19 Sonata in E, Op. 6: I. Allegretto con espressione
    03:20:09 Sonata in E, Op. 6: II. Tempo di Menuetto
    03:25:46 Sonata in E, Op. 6: III. Recitativo: Adagio e senza tempo – Andante – Allegretto con espressione
    03:33:22 Sonata in E, Op. 6: IV. Molto allegro e vivace
    03:40:16 Variations in B-Flat, Op. 83
    03:49:04 Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, Op. 35: No. 1, Prelude
    03:51:25 Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, Op. 35: No. 1, Fugue
  • @felixdevilliers1
    One thing I like about my favourite composer, Schumann, is that he broke off his friendships with people who didn't like Mendelssohn. When I was young there was quite a lot of perjudice against Mendelssohn for being facile. When I was 15 or16 I sang in one of his choral works in the church choir and wrote in my diary, "I will nver say a bad word about Mendelssohn again." I loved playing the Songs without Words that I could manage technically and especially loved the the first one in E major which Schumann said flowed form the purest of springs.
  • @francobenavides
    Hace casi cuatro años no hubiera pensado en disfrutar y mucho menos de vivir de la música clásica, hasta que este video me abrió los ojos y me hizo conocer mi verdadera pasión. Desde entonces no he parado de escuchar música clásica ni de descubrir compositores de todos los géneros, estilos y períodos históricos, desde los más famosos a los menos conocidos. Hoy estoy presentando mi examen para pasar a sexto año de piano, así que no podría estar más agradecido con Mendelssohn. Ojalá el tiempo fuera eterno, asi podría escuchar e interpretar toda la música que amo y divulgarla al mundo.
  • @weile4u
    Nearly 4 hours of finest piano music, what a treasure!
  • @user-qz1rw6ff3v
    すばらしい演奏をありがとうございました。
    このアルバムは、歴史に残る名盤です。😂
  • @acajov1
    00:00:00 Andante con moto in E Major, Op. 19: No. 1
    00:03:49 Andante espressivo in A Minor, Op. 19: No. 2
    00:06:14 Molto allegro in A Major, Op. 19: No. 3, Jägerlied
    00:08:48 Moderato in A Major, Op. 19: No. 4
    00:11:15 Agitato in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 19: No. 5
    00:14:46 Andante sostenuto in G Minor, Op. 19: No. 6, Venetian Gondola Song
    00:17:22 Andante espressivo in E-Flat Major, Op. 30: No. 1
    00:21:43 Allegro di molto in B-Flat Minor, Op. 30: No. 2
    00:23:49 Andante sostenuto in E Major, Op. 30: No. 3
    00:26:27 Agitato e con fuoco in B Minor, Op. 30: No. 4
    00:29:20 Andante grazioso in D Major, Op. 30: No. 5
    00:31:13 Allegretto in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 30: No. 6, Venetian Gondola Song
    00:34:01 Con moto in E-Flat Major, Op. 38: No. 1
    00:36:16 Allegro non troppo in C Minor, Op. 38: No. 2
    00:38:33 Presto in E Major, Op. 38: No. 3
    00:41:00 Andante in A Major, Op. 38: No. 4
    00:43:03 Agitato in A Minor, Op. 38: No. 5
    00:45:41 Andante con moto in A flat Major, Op. 38: No. 6, Duetto
    00:48:33 Andante con moto in A flat Major, Op. 53: No. 1
    00:51:24 Allegro non troppo in E-Flat Major, Op. 53: No. 2
    00:54:13 Presto agitato in G Minor, Op. 53: No. 3
    00:57:07 Adagio in F Major, Op. 53: No. 4
    00:59:53 Allegro in A Minor, Op. 53: No. 5, Volkslied
    01:02:52 Molto allegro vivace in A Major, Op. 53: No. 6

    01:06:02 Andante espressivo in G Major, Op. 62: No. 1
    01:08:13 Allegro con fuoco in B-Flat Major, Op. 62: No. 2
    01:10:17 Andante maestoso in E Minor, Op. 62: No. 3, Trauermarsch
    01:13:52 Allegro con anima in G Major, Op. 62: No. 4
    01:15:08 Andante in A Minor, Op. 62: No. 5, Venetian Gondola Song
    01:17:56 Andante grazioso, in A Major, Op. 62: No. 6, Frühlingslied
    01:21:07 Andante in E-Flat Major, Op. 67: No. 1
    01:23:46 Allegro leggiero in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 67: No. 2
    01:26:22 Andante tranquillo in B-Flat Major, Op. 67: No. 3
    01:28:48 Presto in C Major, Op. 67: No. 4, Spinnerlied: The Bee’s Wedding
    01:30:48 Moderato in B Minor, Op. 67: No. 5
    01:33:10 Allegretto non troppo in E Major, Op. 67: No. 6
    01:35:34 Andante espressivo in F Major, Op. 85: No. 1
    01:37:48 Allegro agitato in A Minor, Op. 85: No. 2
    01:38:43 Presto in E-Flat Major, Op. 85: No. 3
    01:41:18 Andante sostenuto, in D Major, Op. 85: No. 4
    01:44:17 Allegretto in A Major, Op. 85: No. 5
    01:46:02 Allegretto con moto in B-Flat Major, Op. 85: No. 6
    01:48:33 Andante un poco agitato in E Minor, Op. 102: No. 1
    01:50:49 Adagio in D Major, Op. 102: No. 2
    01:53:27 Presto in C Major, Op. 102: No. 3
    01:55:00 Un poco agitato in G Minor, Op. 102: No. 4
    01:57:10 Allegro vivace in A Major, Op. 102: No. 5, Kinderstück
    01:58:29 Andante in C Major, Op. 102: No. 6

    02:01:06 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: Thema, Andante sostenuto
    02:01:47 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: I.
    02:02:23 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: II. Un poco più animato
    02:02:51 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: III. Più animato
    02:03:13 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: IV.
    02:03:33 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: V. Agitato
    02:03:57 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: VI. a tempo
    02:04:22 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: VII.
    02:04:49 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: VIII. Allegro vivace
    02:05:07 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: IX.
    02:05:31 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: X. Moderato
    02:06:19 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XI. Cantabile
    02:07:11 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XII. Tempo del Tema
    02:07:42 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XIII. Sempre assai leggiero
    02:08:28 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XIV. Adagio
    02:09:40 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XV. Poco a poco più agitato
    02:10:20 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XVI. Allegro vivace
    02:10:38 Variations sérieuses, Op. 54: XVII. Coda: Presto
    02:13:07 Trois Fantaisies ou Caprices, Op. 16: I. Andante con moto
    02:17:43 Trois Fantaisies ou Caprices, Op. 16: II. Scherzo: Presto
    02:20:08 Trois Fantaisies ou Caprices, Op. 16: III. Andante
    02:24:42 Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14: Andante – Presto leggiero
    02:31:04 Kinderstücke, Op. 72: I. Allegro non troppo
    02:32:08 Kinderstücke, Op. 72: II. Andante sostenuto
    02:33:32 Kinderstücke, Op. 72: III. Allegretto
    02:34:26 Kinderstücke, Op. 72: IV. Andante con moto
    02:35:46 Kinderstücke, Op. 72: V. Allegro assai
    02:37:23 Kinderstücke, Op. 72: VI. Vivace
    02:38:54 Scherzo a Capriccio: Presto scherzando
    02:45:23 Capriccio, Op. 5: Prestissimo
    02:51:49 Andante cantabile e Presto agitato
    02:59:55 Scherzo in B Minor: Prestissimo
    03:00:55 Perpetuum mobile, Op. 119: Prestissimo

    03:03:52 Variations in E-Flat Op. 82
    03:12:19 Sonata in E, Op. 6: I. Allegretto con espressione
    03:20:09 Sonata in E, Op. 6: II. Tempo di Menuetto
    03:25:46 Sonata in E, Op. 6: III. Recitativo: Adagio e senza tempo – Andante – Allegretto con espressione
    03:33:22 Sonata in E, Op. 6: IV. Molto allegro e vivace
    03:40:16 Variations in B-Flat, Op. 83
    03:49:04 Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, Op. 35: No. 1, Prelude
    03:51:25 Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, Op. 35: No. 1, Fugue
  • @najialhasani
    1:08:18 The-more I listen to Mendelssohn, the more I realize how smoothly , rhythmically and harmoniously, his divine chords flow.
  • @yosupyang2952
    집근처 사립학교 축제에 갔다가 음반을 샀는데 오드리헵번 주연의 마이 페어 레이디였어요. 매년 봄마다 열리는 축제때마다 가서 맛있는것도 먹고 쇼도 구경하고 빈티지 잡동사니물건들을 조금씩 사모으게 되었는데 독특한 것들이 많아 작품구상하는데 도움이 된것 같아요. 비가 내리던 어느봄 축제날 빗소리가운데 잔잔히 울려퍼지던 피아노연주를 잊을수 없네요. 누군지는 모르겠지만 아름다운 연주를 하고 있어 즐거웠어요. 근처라서 집에서도 들을수 있었거든요. 올해도 축제가 열릴줄알고 설레였는데 코로나때문에 학교학생들을 볼수 없고 문이 닫혀있어 아름다운 하와이의 낭만적인 축제의 모습이 사라져 버리니 쓸쓸하네요. 창가에서 내려다보이는 학교교정에 옛 추억만이 맴돌고 있네요. 아름답고 멋진 이들이 오가던 아름다운 꽃향기속에 지저귀는 새들의 노랫소리가 들리던 아름다운 풍경이 이 아름다운 피아노곡속에 살아 숨쉬는것 같아 마음에 위안이 되네요. 아름다운 하와이에서
  • @lunchmind
    All my life as a musician , I have respected Mendelssohn but only now, Am I realizing just how beautiful and poetic his music is
  • @irenicum
    Mendelssohn was the first composer to transport my soul. I could visualize entire plays in my head while listening to his scores in my grandparent's apartment in NYC.
  • @leoinsf
    Mendelssohn was the complete musician: composer, performer and conductor.
    His music is always well-written, beautiful, logical and the gateway composer for young pianists learning to perform because his music is eminently playable.
    While he doesn't stand up to Beethoven or Chopin's eminence, he is a great composer whose music will live forever.
    His "Variations Serieuses" is the entry to recital performance of the Masters.
    I played it at my first major recital and never looked back.
  • @josejuan1690
    I can say I had never paid much attention to Mendelssohn´s piano works before, but Brilliant Classics has offered me a pleasant surprise! Every single track sounds so smooth, gentle and joyful! Thanks for sharing!
  • @teresadasilva4450
    To Brilliant Classics, thank you for this heavenly piano work on Mendelssohn! I have experienced some of his works that I have in my collectuon, and there is nothing comparable. Therefore, I must conclude on the brilliant merit of these Interpreters who must have entered Mendelssohn's soul and spirit and have enhanced what most beautiful ethereal and sublime they found there...
    My liking Mendelssohn as a composer has changed radically with the heavenly interpretation of the talented interpreters that you found. My immense Gratitude.
  • @bb8319
    Oh, what a lyrical GIFT Mendelssohn had! What a delight these pianists have brought to us - THANK YOU!
  • @AriannaAyers
    I completely forgot about Mendelssohn. Thanks for reminding me. ❤
  • @MegaCirse
    Like the first light of dawn, this music opens your eyes to new promises and to all the wonders of nature. Evocative of powers beyond observation, these pieces pull the strings of the heart, attract nostalgia and awaken the loves, the skinned lives and torpor of sleeping watchmen🎼🎼🎼🎼