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Mendelssohn Hensel: Charakterstucke - Works for Solo Piano / Speidel
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Mendelssohn Hensel: Charakterstucke - Works for Solo Piano / Speidel

Romantic Contemplative Intimate
$22.99

Details

Composer
Fanny Hensel
Artist
Sontraud Speidel
Format
CD
Label
Ars Produktion
Released
Feb 16, 2024
Catalog #
ARS38648
UPC
4260052386484

About

When Fanny Hensel, nee Mendelssohn Bartholdy, the wife of the Prussian court painter Wilhelm Hensel, died unexpectedly on 14 May 1847 at the age of 41 as a result of a stroke, the music writer and poet Ludwig Rellstab coined the beautiful phrase that she "also shared the sisterhood of talent with her famous brother".

This assertion has only recently been recognised in its full significance. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's eldest sister, granddaughter of the philosopher and Lessing's friend Moses Mendelssohn, niece of the scandal-ridden Dorothea Schlegel, was not only a musical prodigy, an outstanding pianist and conductor, her brother's closest confidante and advisor and a brilliant writer of letters, but also "the most important female composer of the 19th century" (Franz Krautwurst). Jahrhunderts" (Franz Krautwurst in Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Supplement, article Fanny Hensel, 1979).

The present CD offers mostly first recordings of some piano compositions, primarily works that were published by the composer herself, and thus helps to gain a more differentiated picture of the creative abilities of this unusual woman.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Sonatensatz in E Major 06:01
    Track
    1
    Title
    Sonatensatz in E Major
    Duration
    06:01
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Sontraud Speidel
  2. 2 No. 2. Allegretto 01:18
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Allegretto
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Sontraud Speidel
  3. 3 No. 3. Allegro molto quasi Presto 05:26
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Allegro molto quasi Presto
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Sontraud Speidel
  4. 4 No. 4. Lento appassionato 02:33
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Lento appassionato
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Sontraud Speidel
  5. 5 No. 5. Allegro molto vivace 03:41
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Allegro molto vivace
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Sontraud Speidel
  6. 6 No. 6. Andante soave 05:18
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Andante soave
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Sontraud Speidel
  7. 7 4 Lieder, Op. 8: No. 4. Wanderlied: Presto 02:31
    Track
    7
    Title
    4 Lieder, Op. 8: No. 4. Wanderlied: Presto
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Sontraud Speidel
  8. 8 No. 1. January 06:11
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 1. January
    Duration
    06:11
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Sontraud Speidel
  9. 9 No. 7. July 03:17
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 7. July
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Sontraud Speidel
  10. 10 No. 12. December 04:03
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 12. December
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Sontraud Speidel
  11. 11 Postlude 01:47
    Track
    11
    Title
    Postlude
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Sontraud Speidel
  12. 12 No. 1. Andante espressivo 04:13
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 1. Andante espressivo
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Sontraud Speidel
  13. 13 No. 2. Allegro vivace 04:08
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 2. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Sontraud Speidel
  14. 14 No. 3. O Traum der Jugend, o goldner Stern: Andante cantabile 03:20
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 3. O Traum der Jugend, o goldner Stern: Andante cantabile
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Sontraud Speidel
  15. 15 No. 4. Il Saltarello Romano: Allegro molto 02:51
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 4. Il Saltarello Romano: Allegro molto
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel
    Performer
    Sontraud Speidel