Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Mendelssohn's lyrical piano pieces 'Lieder ohne Worte' [Songs without Words] are among the most popular of his compositions. Over 25 years Mendelssohn published his song-like melodies in 8 volumes alt...

Mendelssohn's lyrical piano pieces 'Lieder ohne Worte' [Songs without Words] are among the most popular of his compositions. Over 25 years Mendelssohn published his song-like melodies in 8 volumes alt...

Mendelssohn's lyrical piano pieces 'Lieder ohne Worte' [Songs without Words] are among the most popular of his compositions. Over 25 years Mendelssohn published his song-like melodies in 8 volumes alt...

Mendelssohn's lyrical piano pieces 'Lieder ohne Worte' [Songs without Words] are among the most popular of his compositions. Over 25 years Mendelssohn published his song-like melodies in 8 volumes alt...

Mendelssohn's lyrical piano pieces 'Lieder ohne Worte' [Songs without Words] are among the most popular of his compositions. Over 25 years Mendelssohn published his song-like melodies in 8 volumes alt...

On his sister Fanny's birthday on 14 November 1828 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy surprised her with a piano piece in E flat major entitled 'Lied'. A little later, Fanny called the work 'Lied ohne Worte'...

Discover an extraordinary pianistic gem: "Drei Sonaten und eine Sonatine" (Three Sonatas and a Sonatina), published by the renowned Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag, presents these captivating works i...

Instruments: 1 Solo Piano - Difficuly Level: Grade 4 - Duration: 1 mn 40 s - Musical Style: Classical, Educational - Category: Original Composition, Republished Master Piece - Composer: Felix MENDELSS...

Instruments: 1 Solo Piano - Difficuly Level: Grade 4 - Duration: 2 mn 05 s - Musical Style: Classical, Educational - Category: Original Composition, Republished Master Piece - Composer: Felix MENDELSS...

In autumn 1830 Mendelssohn Bartholdy visited Venice whilst on a great European tour and was intoxicated by his impressions. He said of the local gondoliers: 'The gondoliers are now crying out to one a...

With Mendelssohn at the piano - of course one thinks here first of his magnificent Songs without Words, from which we have made a varied selection. But this volume also contains quite other, no less i...

In 1841, at the height of his mastery, Mendelssohn wrote three variation cycles for piano in quick succession. The first of them, the 'Variations sérieuses' op 54, should probably be regarded as his m...

Ullrich Scheideler has edited one of Mendelssohn's most important and beautiful piano works, comparing it again with the sources. Henle Publishers is now issuing it in a revised edition with his compr...

When Mendelssohn learned from his publisher Nikolaus Simrock that he was to receive an additional honorarium for a part of his 'Lieder ohne Worte', he effusively thanked him for this gift. However, th...

Mendelssohn, Felix (1809 - 1847)

These selected pieces have been compiled and edited by Keith Snell and performed by Diane Hidy on the piano. A music book correlated to the selections on this recording is available.