PENTATONE
Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: Works for Cello and Piano
$21.99
Details
- Composer
- MENDELSSOHN
- Artist
- Moser, Beatson
- Format
- SACD
- Label
- PENTATONE
- Released
- Aug 09, 2019
- Catalog #
- PTC5186781
- UPC
- 827949078163
About
German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser and Irish pianist Alasdair Beatson present a moving portrait of the Mendelssohn family with this recording of pieces by the siblings Felix and Fanny. Once composed for the popular Sunday Sessions at the Berlin Mendelssohn family house, these works fit into the typically nineteenth-century tradition of domestic music-making, albeit at the highest thinkable level. Beatson plays an 1837 Erard fortepiano, identical to the instrument that belonged to the Mendelssohn household when these pieces were composed. Besides Felix Mendelssohns two sonatas for cello and piano, his Variations concertantes, op. 17, Lied ohne Worte, op. 109 and Albumblatt in B Minor are featured. Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohns Fantasia in G Minor and Capriccio in A-flat Major show what could have become of this talented female composer if societal conventions had not restricted her musical activities to the private salon. This is Mosers fifth album as an exclusive PENTATONE artist, after releases with the cello concertos of Dvorak and Lalo (2015), Elgar and Tchaikovsky (2017), works for cello and piano by Rachmaninov and Prokofiev (2016, awarded with a diapason dor and ECHO Klassik 2017), and cello concertos by Lutoslawski and Dutilleux (2018). He records for the first time with Alasdair Beatson, who makes his PENTATONE debut.
Tracklist 12 tracks
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1 I. Allegro assai vivace 07:34
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Allegro assai vivace
- Duration
- 07:34
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson
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2 II. Allegretto scherzando 05:23
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Allegretto scherzando
- Duration
- 05:23
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson
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3 III. Adagio 05:01
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Adagio
- Duration
- 05:01
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson
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4 IV. Molto allegro e vivace 06:55
- Track
- 4
- Title
- IV. Molto allegro e vivace
- Duration
- 06:55
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson
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5 Variations concertantes in D Major, Op. 17, MWV Q19 08:29
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Variations concertantes in D Major, Op. 17, MWV Q19
- Duration
- 08:29
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson
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6 Lied ohne Worte (Song without Words), Op. 109, MWV Q34 04:20
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Lied ohne Worte (Song without Words), Op. 109, MWV Q34
- Duration
- 04:20
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson
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7 Fantasia in G Minor 05:38
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Fantasia in G Minor
- Duration
- 05:38
- Composer
- Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
- Performer
- Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson
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8 Capriccio in A-Flat Major 06:40
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Capriccio in A-Flat Major
- Duration
- 06:40
- Composer
- Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
- Performer
- Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson
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9 I. Allegro vivace 11:47
- Track
- 9
- Title
- I. Allegro vivace
- Duration
- 11:47
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson
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10 II. Andante 05:27
- Track
- 10
- Title
- II. Andante
- Duration
- 05:27
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson
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11 III. Allegro assai 06:25
- Track
- 11
- Title
- III. Allegro assai
- Duration
- 06:25
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson
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12 Assai tranquillo in B minor, MWV Q25 02:09
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Assai tranquillo in B minor, MWV Q25
- Duration
- 02:09
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson