Felix Mendelssohn

Felix MendelssohnGreat Composers in Words and Music

MENDELSSOHN Felix (1809-1847)
Leighton Puch (Erzähler)
Naxos
1 CD
070:53

Hörspiel (Family)
2023-11-17
Introduction
Die beiden Neffen oder Der Onkel aus Boston (Auszug) Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
Ouvertüre
Der Onkel aus Boston ("The Uncle from Boston"), a three-act dramatic work by Felix Mendelssohn, begun in May 1822 and...
Kinderstücke op. 72 Nr. 1-6 (Auszug) Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
Nr. 1 Allegro non troppo
An extract from Mendelssohn's piano collection Kinderstücke ("Children's Pieces"), published after the composer's...
Lied zum Geburtstag meines guten Vaters
By his early teens, Mendelssohn had already acquired an impressive portfolio of musical compositions across a range of..
Oktett Es-Dur op. 20 (für Streichinstrumente) (Auszug) Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
3. Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo
A similar musical atmosphere was created in the second of Mendelssohn's towering early works: his Overture to A...
Ein Sommernachtstraum (op. 21 (Ouvertüre) und op. 61 (Schauspielmusik)) (Auszug) Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
Ouvertüre
The period also witnessed the intensification of Mendelssohn's historical interest in earlier styles, particularly...
Hora est (Antiphona et Responsorium)
1829 saw the beginning of Mendelssohn's Grand Tour of Europe, a series of excursions that took the composer north to...
Die Hebriden op. 26 "Fingalshöhle" (Ouvertüre)
At the home of a wealthy mine owner in north Wales, the next step in his tour, Mendelssohn first contemplated a large-..
Sinfonie Nr. 4 A-Dur op. 90 "Italienische" (Auszug) Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
4. Saltarello: Presto
The second opportunity to present itself on Mendelssohn's return to Berlin, following his European tour, was the...
Ouvertüre C-Dur op. 101 (Trompetenouvertüre)
The success of Mendelssohn's directorship of the Düsseldorf festival - to one commentator, "the greatest public...
Paulus op. 36 (Oratorium) (Auszug) Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
How lovely are the messengers
Roughly one month earlier, the 9th of September 1836, Mendelssohn had become engaged to Cécile Jeanrenaud...
Motetten op. 39 Nr. 1-3 (Auszug) Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
Nr. 1 Veni, Domine (Hear my prayer, O Lord)
The next few years in Leipzig witnessed the completion of Mendelssohn's string quartets Op. 44, his Piano Trio in D...
Sonate für Orgel c-moll op. 65 Nr. 2 (Auszug) Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
2. Allegro maestoso e vivace
It is easy to forget that, while Mendelssohn was most famous during his lifetime as a composer, conductor and virtuoso..
Konzert für Violine und Orchester e-moll op. 64 (Auszug) Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
3. Allegro molto vivace
Hear My Prayer, a short standalone piece of sacred choral music also composed in 1844, cannot be described as a...
Hör mein Bitten, Herr (Hear My prayer, O Lord) (Hymne)
Ten years after the premiere of St Paul, Mendelssohn turned his attention once again to the genre of the oratorio: the..
Elias op. 70 (Oratorium) (Auszug) Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
Alsdann wird euer Licht hervorbrechen
Mendelssohn died on the 4th of November 1847 following a series of strokes.
Lieder ohne Worte op. 62 Nr. 1-6 (Auszug) Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
Nr. 4 Lied ohne Worte G-Dur