Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words / Rena Kyriakou

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Vox
Release Date
January 1, 1993
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MENDELSSOHN, FELIX
    • PERFORMER
      Rena Kyriakou
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 01, 1993
    • UPC
      047163507724
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CDX-5077
    • LABEL
      Vox
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1 in E Major, Op. 19, No. 1

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    2. No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 19, No. 2

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    3. No. 3 in A Major, Op. 19, No. 3, "Jagerlied"

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    4. No. 4 in A Major, Op. 19, No. 4

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    5. No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 19, No. 5

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    6. No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 19, No. 6, "Venezianisches Gondellied"

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

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

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

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

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    9. No. 9 in E Major, Op. 30, No. 3

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    10. No. 10 in B Minor, Op. 30, No. 4

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    11. No. 11 in D Major, Op. 30, No. 5

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

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

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    13. No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 38, No. 1

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    14. No. 14 in C Minor, Op. 38, No. 2

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    15. No. 15 in E Major, Op. 38, No. 3

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    16. No. 16 in A Major, Op. 38, No. 4

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    17. No. 17 in A Minor, Op. 38, No. 5

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    18. No. 18 in A-Flat Major, Op. 38, No. 6, "Duetto"

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    19. No. 19 in A-Flat Major, Op. 53, No. 1

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    20. No. 20 in E-Flat Major, Op. 53, No. 2

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    21. No. 21 in G Minor, Op. 53, No. 3

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    22. No. 22 in F Major, Op. 53, No. 4

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    23. No. 23 in A Minor, Op. 53, No. 5, "Volkslied"

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    24. No. 24 in A Major, Op. 53, No. 6

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    25. No. 25 in G Major, Op. 62, No. 1

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    26. No. 26 in B-Flat Major, Op. 62, No. 2

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

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

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    28. No. 28 in G Major, Op. 62, No. 4

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

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

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    30. No. 30 in A Major, Op. 62, No. 6, "Fruhlingslied"

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    31. No. 31 in E-Flat Major, Op. 67, No. 1

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

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

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    33. No. 33 in B-Flat Major, Op. 67, No. 3

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

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

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    35. No. 35 in B Minor, Op. 67, No. 5

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    36. No. 36 in E Major, Op. 67, No. 6

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    37. No. 37 in F Major, Op. 85, No. 1

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    38. No. 38 in A Minor, Op. 85, No. 2

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    39. No. 39 in E-Flat Major, Op. 85, No. 3

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    40. No. 40 in D Major, Op. 85, No. 4

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    41. No. 41 in A Major, Op. 85, No. 5

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    42. No. 42 in B-Flat Major, Op. 85, No. 6

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    43. No. 43 in E Minor, Op. 102, No. 1

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    44. No. 44 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    45. No. 45 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 3

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    46. No. 46 in G Minor, Op. 102, No. 4

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    47. No. 47 in A Major, Op. 102, No. 5, "Kinderstuck"

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    48. No. 48 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 6

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou

    49. Variations serieuses in D Minor, Op. 54

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Performer: Rena Kyriakou


It's good to have Rena Kyriakou's lovingly cultivated Mendelssohn Songs Without Words available again through Arkivmusic.com's on-demand reprint program, despite Vox's dry 1962 sonics and occasional fuzzy residue on high notes that I remember from my old LP pressings--is that a master tape defect? Kyriakou favors leisurely tempos and spins legato lines with subtle and attractive shadings that make even old standbys like the Spring Song and the Hunting Song emerge freshly minted to jaded ears. In numbers such as Hope, the Fleecy Cloud, Spinning Song, and the Evening Star, hear the striking timbral differentiation between the main melodies and the perfectly controlled, softly whirling accompaniments, or notice the sustained breadth she brings to the Duetto and the Elegy.

A thoughtfully integrated yet scintillating-when-appropriate (the final variations) rendition of the Variations sérieuses proves more than mere filler, although more dynamically characterized and colorful interpretations can be had, past (Horowitz, Cortot) and present (Perahia, Thibaudet). I hope the balance of Kyriakou's Vox Mendelssohn cycle will appear in due course.

--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com