Hensel & Mendelssohn: Guess Who?

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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Fanny Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn
    • PERFORMER
      Olga Pashchenko
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 28, 2025
    • UPC
      3701624511190
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1119
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 3 in A Major, Op. 19b, No. 3, MWV U89, "Jägerlied"

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    2. No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 19b, No. 5, MWV U90

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    3. No. 7 in E-Flat Major, Op. 30, No. 1, MWV U103

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    4. No. 8 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 30, No. 2, MWV U77

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    5. No. 9 in E Major, Op. 30, No. 3, MWV U104

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    6. No. 10 in B Minor, Op. 30, No. 4, MWV U98

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    7. No. 12 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 30, No. 6, MWV U110, "Venezianisches Gondellied"

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    8. No. 1. Andante

      Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    9. No. 3. Allegretto grazioso

      Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    10. Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 3, Op. 38: No. 14 in C Minor, Op. 38, No. 2, MWV U115

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    11. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major, WoO 10, MWV U136

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    12. Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 3, Op. 38: No. 17 in A Minor, Op. 38, No. 5, MWV U137

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    13. No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 62, No. 3, MWV U177, "Trauermarsch"

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    14. No. 29 in A Minor, Op. 62, No. 5, MWV U151, "Venezianisches Gondellied"

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    15. No. 30 in A Major, Op. 62, No. 6, MWV U161, "Frühlingslied" (Spring Song)

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    16. No. 2. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    17. No. 3. O Traum der Jugend, o goldner Stern: Andante cantabile

      Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    18. No. 4. Il Saltarello Romano: Allegro molto

      Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    19. No. 32 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 67, No. 2, MWV U145

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    20. No. 35 in B Minor, Op. 67, No. 5, MWV U184

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    21. No. 34 in C Major, Op. 67, No. 4, MWV U182, "Spinnerlied"

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    22. No. 1. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    23. No. 2. Andante con expressione

      Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    24. No. 3. Lied (Lenau): Larghetto

      Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    25. No. 4. Wanderlied: Presto

      Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    26. No. 43 in E Minor, Op. 102, No. 1, MWV U162

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    27. No. 45 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 3, MWV U195

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    28. No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 19b, No. 6, MWV U78, "Venezianisches Gondellied"

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    29. Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 4, Op. 53: No. 24 in A Major, Op. 53, No. 6, MWV U154

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko

    30. Notturno in G Minor

      Composer: Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

      Performer: Olga Pashchenko


Pianist Olga Pashchenko creates musical narratives with selections from Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words. As children, the two immensely prodigious siblings enjoyed using text to inspire their piano pieces, although which of them was the actual inventor of the genre remains a mystery. It is possible that they either co-created this genre, or even that Fanny could have been the creator of the genre traditionally ascribed exclusively to Felix. This music, although wordless, is bursting with poetry and well-suited to the Conrad Graf piano from 1836 that Pashchenko chose for this recording. The Graf piano, a brand favoured by Felix, has a recitative-like quality that Pashchenko uses to perfectly articulate the poetry inherent in these Lieder ohne Worte or as Fanny called them, Lieder fur das Pianoforte.