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Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

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Peter Donohoe, Mendelssohn: The Second Collection of Silent Songs! Peter Donohoe, a renowned British pianist highly acclaimed for his musicality, stylistic diversity, and overwhelming technique, says that "when I began to think about becoming a musician, it meant more to me than any other composer" in the second volume of Mendelssohn's Mute Songs! This work includes the remaining 24 pieces that were not included in the first volume (CHAN20252/Record Geijutsu International Review "Special Disc of the Month"), "Strict Variations," Mendelssohn's greatest solo piano piece, the "Summer Rose Fantasy," which was very popular at the time, and Rachmaninov's "Summer Night's Dream" scherzo. The piano arrangement of Rachmaninoff's Scherzo from "A Dream of a Summer Night" is also included. (He holds Rachmaninoff's transcriptions in very high esteem, especially this scherzo, which he considers a masterpiece.) The mute songs are performed in the same order as in the previous work, composed by Donohoe himself. Peter Donohoe, who has a unique background as a percussionist in his youth, studied piano in Paris with Yvonne Loriot and Olivier Messiaen, and won a prize at the 1981 Leeds International Competition and the highest prize at the 1982 Tchaikovsky International Competition. As in Volume I, the booklet (in English, German, and French) discusses Donohoe's own thoughts and feelings about Mendelssohn.It is always a pleasure to perform these works, and they go to the heart of why I became a musician in the first place."(Peter Donohoe) Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.17 Variations serieuses, Op. 54, MWV U 156 in D minor for Piano
2.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 38 No. 3, MWV U 107 in E major
3.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 38 No. 4, MWV U 120 in A major
4.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 19b No. 5, MWV U 90 in F sharp minor/major
5.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 30 No. 5, MWV U 97 in D major
6.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 53 No. 6, MWV U 154 in A major
7.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 30 No. 6, MWV U 110 'Venetianisches Gondellied' in F sharp minor
8.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 102 No. 5, MWV U 194 (Kinderstuck) in A major
9.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 85 No. 4, MWV U 190 in D major
10.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 102 No. 4, MWV U 152 in G minor
11.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 85 No. 6, MWV U 155 in B flat major
12.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 53 No. 1, MWV U 143 in A flat major
13.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 30 No. 2, MWV U 77 in B flat minor
14.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 30 No. 1, MWV U 103 in E flat major
15.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 53 No. 3, MWV U 144 (Gondellied) in G minor
16.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 85 No. 3, MWV U 111 in E flat major
17.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 19b No. 6, MWV U 78 'Venetianisches Gondellied' in G minor
18.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 38 No. 1, MWV U 121 in E flat major
19.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 62 No. 2, MWV U 181 in B flat major
20.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 85 No. 1, MWV U 150 in F major
21.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 102 No. 3, MWV U 195 (Kinderstuck) in C major
22.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 85 No. 2, MWV U 101 in A minor
23.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 85 No. 5, MWV U 191 in A major
24.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 38 No. 5, MWV U 137 in A minor
25.Lied ohne Worte, Op. 67 No. 6, MWV U 188 in E major
26.Phantasie, Op. 15, MWV U 74 in E major for Piano
27.Scherzo from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Op. 61 MWV M 13 in B flat major