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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy is regarded as the inventor of the ‘Songs without Words’ genre. He wrote eight volumes, each containing six Songs without Words. Michael Korstick performs these genial atmospheric pieces, which are all too often only heard only as encores, with a dazzling interpretive guise.
Felix Mendelssohn: Variations serieuses in D minor, Op. 54
Variations serieuses in D minor, Op. 54
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 1, Op. 19b
No. 1 in E major, Op. 19b, No. 1
No. 2 in A minor, Op. 19b, No. 2
No. 3 in A major, Op. 19b, No. 3, "Jagerlied"
No. 4 in A major, Op. 19b, No. 4
No. 5 in F sharp minor, Op. 19b, No. 5
No. 6 in G minor, Op. 19b, No. 6, "Venezianisches Gondellied"
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 2, Op. 30
No. 7 in E flat major, Op. 30, No. 1
No. 8 in B flat minor, Op. 30, No. 2
No. 9 in E major, Op. 30, No. 3
No. 10 in B minor, Op. 30, No. 4
No. 11 in D major, Op. 30, No. 5
No. 12 in F sharp minor, Op. 30, No. 6, "Venezianisches Gondellied"
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 3, Op. 38
No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 38, No. 1
No. 14 in C minor, Op. 38, No. 2
No. 15 in E major, Op. 38, No. 3
No. 16 in A major, Op. 38, No. 4
No. 17 in A minor, Op. 38, No. 5
No. 18 in A flat major, Op. 38, No. 6, "Duetto"
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 4, Op. 53
No. 19 in A flat major, Op. 53, No. 1
No. 20 in E flat major, Op. 53, No. 2
No. 21 in G minor, Op. 53, No. 3
No. 22 in F major, Op. 53, No. 4
No. 23 in A minor, Op. 53, No. 5, "Volkslied"
No. 24 in A major, Op. 53, No. 6
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 5, Op. 62
No. 25 in G major, Op. 62, No. 1
No. 26 in B flat major, Op. 62, No. 2
No. 27 in E minor, Op. 62, No. 3, "Trauermarsch"
No. 28 in G major, Op. 62, No. 4
No. 29 in A minor, Op. 62, No. 5, "Venezianisches Gondellied"
No. 30 in A major, Op. 62, No. 6, "Fruhlingslied" (Spring Song)
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 6, Op. 67
No. 31 in E flat major, Op. 67, No. 1
No. 32 in F sharp minor, Op. 67, No. 2
No. 33 in B flat major, Op. 67, No. 3
No. 34 in C major, Op. 67, No. 4, "Spinnerlied"
No. 35 in B minor, Op. 67, No. 5
No. 36 in E major, Op. 67, No. 6
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 7, Op. 85
No. 37 in F major, Op. 85, No. 1
No. 38 in A minor, Op. 85, No. 2
No. 39 in E flat major, Op. 85, No. 3
No. 40 in D major, Op. 85, No. 4
No. 41 in A major, Op. 85, No. 5
No. 42 in B flat major, Op. 85, No. 6
Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 8, Op. 102
No. 43 in E minor, Op. 102, No. 1
No. 44 in D major, Op. 102, No. 2
No. 45 in C major, Op. 102, No. 3
No. 46 in G minor, Op. 102, No. 4
No. 47 in A major, Op. 102, No. 5, "Kinderstuck"
No. 48 in C major, Op. 102, No. 6
November 2012
“Korstick - who has recorded extensively for CPO - specialises in romantic music, and is clearly completely at home in this repertoire...This is a disc that I cannot fault at all - highly desirable.”
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Variations serieuses in D minor, Op. 54