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Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn: Das Jahr / Els Biesemans
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Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn: Das Jahr / Els Biesemans

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Composer
HENSEL-MENDELSSOHN, FANNY
Artist
Els Biesemans
Format
CD
Label
Genuin
Released
Sep 25, 2012
Catalog #
GEN 12244
UPC
4260036252446

About

With the cycle "The Year", composed by Mendelssohn's sister Fanny upon completing a journey to Italy, one feels transported into another time period. Els Bieseman's Fortepiano debut CD set exactly those strings in vibration that have been lost on the new, well-equipped modern concert grand. The dark, dreamlike sound of the Pleyel grand (that Liszt & company enthused over…) beautifully fits the transparent, structured and always supple playing of the young Belgian musician. Wonderfully romantic music in which a splendid musician allows us to take part! - Genuin

Review Quotes:

"She plays with passion, musical sensitivity, virtuosity and emotional intensity that would surely have impressed Fanny..." - Andrew Benson-Wilson, Early Music Review, 10/12

"Genuin has brought us Els Bieseman to reveal the best Romantic traditions. His sense of nuance and his vision are of a perfect score. Music that soothes, within the conventions of the past yet also up to date.." - Jean-Luc Caron, ResMusica, (translated from French) 28.01.2013

"The playing is much to be praised. She tends to be more mercurial in the faster pieces and moves more quickly in the slower ones. Her technique and expressive abilities are never too challenged, and she easily moves through all of the surface charms of the music. The engineers have also done their job very well." Alan Becker, American Record Guide, January 2013

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 Andante cantabile 03:01
    Track
    1
    Title
    Andante cantabile
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Els Biesemans
  2. 2 Allegro molto in C Minor 03:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    Allegro molto in C Minor
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Els Biesemans
  3. 3 No. 1. January 02:52
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 1. January
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Els Biesemans
  4. 4 No. 2. February 02:59
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 2. February
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Els Biesemans
  5. 5 No. 3. March 05:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 3. March
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Els Biesemans
  6. 6 No. 4. April 02:52
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 4. April
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Els Biesemans
  7. 7 No. 5. May 02:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 5. May
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Els Biesemans
  8. 8 No. 6. June 02:57
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 6. June
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Els Biesemans
  9. 9 No. 6. June (first version) 04:29
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 6. June (first version)
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Els Biesemans
  10. 10 No. 7. July 02:28
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 7. July
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Els Biesemans
  11. 11 No. 8. August 04:49
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 8. August
    Duration
    04:49
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Els Biesemans
  12. 12 No. 9. September 02:59
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 9. September
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Els Biesemans
  13. 13 No. 10. October 03:27
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 10. October
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Els Biesemans
  14. 14 No. 11. November 04:40
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 11. November
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Els Biesemans
  15. 15 No. 12. December 04:17
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 12. December
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Els Biesemans
  16. 16 Postlude 04:17
    Track
    16
    Title
    Postlude
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Els Biesemans
  17. 17 4 Lieder, Op. 6: No. 4. Il Saltarello Romano: Allegro molto 03:03
    Track
    17
    Title
    4 Lieder, Op. 6: No. 4. Il Saltarello Romano: Allegro molto
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Els Biesemans
  18. 18 Abschied von Rom 04:08
    Track
    18
    Title
    Abschied von Rom
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Els Biesemans