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Mendelssohn & Walden: Without Words / Levingston
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Mendelssohn & Walden: Without Words / Levingston

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Composer
Felix Mendelssohn, Cecil Price Walden
Artist
Bruce Levingston
Format
CD
Label
Sono Luminus
Released
Sep 22, 2023
Catalog #
DSL-92269
UPC
053479226907

About

Mendelssohn’s Songs without Words simply defy ordinary description. Refined and nuanced, they constitute some of the composer’s finest and best-known works. For nearly two hundred years, they were regarded as charming relics, select romantic gems performed in small concert halls and salons. While their subtle, ornamental qualities certainly shine brightest in more intimate settings, closer inspection reveals an unexpected depth and complexity to these miniature masterpieces. Their interpretive and technical demands are considerable, requiring sensitivity to voicing, pedaling and dynamic control. Meant to enchant rather than dazzle, they evoke myriad dreams revealing some of the composer’s innermost reflections. Like private entries in a musical diary, they offer a rare glimpse into this reserved but passionate artist’s thoughts.

REVIEW:

The Mendelssohn gems of course I was familiar with and very fond of, while Price Walden’s music was a most rewarding discovery of compositions that reflect keen sensitivity, a delicate overall feel, and expansive melodies underpinned by equally clear and open harmonies that never muscle into the crystalline quality of the melodies. These are intensely American works and a joy to listen to.

Bruce Levingston’s insights into Mendelssohn provide many moments of delight – his ever-sensitive approach bringing out everything that is joyful about that chapter of Mendelssohn’s oeuvre.

As is always the case the engineering of the album is peerless and the album itself well annotated.

A winner through and through.

-- All About The Arts (Rafael de Acha)

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 8, Op. 102: No. 46 in G Minor, Op. 102, No. 4, MWV U152 02:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 8, Op. 102: No. 46 in G Minor, Op. 102, No. 4, MWV U152
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  2. 2 Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 6, Op. 67: No. 33 in B-Flat Major, Op. 67, No. 3, MWV U102 03:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 6, Op. 67: No. 33 in B-Flat Major, Op. 67, No. 3, MWV U102
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  3. 3 No. 14 in C Minor, Op. 38, No. 2, MWV U115 02:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 14 in C Minor, Op. 38, No. 2, MWV U115
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  4. 4 No. 18 in A-Flat Major, Op. 38, No. 6, MWV U119, "Duetto" 04:35
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 18 in A-Flat Major, Op. 38, No. 6, MWV U119, "Duetto"
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  5. 5 Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 8, Op. 102: No. 45 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 3, MWV U195 01:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 8, Op. 102: No. 45 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 3, MWV U195
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  6. 6 Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 4, Op. 53: No. 19 in A-Flat Major, Op. 53, No. 1, MWV U143 03:56
    Track
    6
    Title
    Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 4, Op. 53: No. 19 in A-Flat Major, Op. 53, No. 1, MWV U143
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  7. 7 Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 2, Op. 30: No. 12 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 30, No. 6, MWV U110, "Venezianisches Gondellied" 04:29
    Track
    7
    Title
    Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 2, Op. 30: No. 12 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 30, No. 6, MWV U110, "Venezianisches Gondellied"
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  8. 8 No. 1. Prelude 03:37
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 1. Prelude
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Cecil Price Walden
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  9. 9 No. 2. For the left hand 02:33
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 2. For the left hand
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Cecil Price Walden
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  10. 10 No. 3. Love Song - Duet 04:03
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 3. Love Song - Duet
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Cecil Price Walden
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  11. 11 No. 4. Berceuse 03:08
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 4. Berceuse
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Cecil Price Walden
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  12. 12 No. 5. Elegy 04:47
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 5. Elegy
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Cecil Price Walden
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  13. 13 No. 6. Protest 04:36
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 6. Protest
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Cecil Price Walden
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  14. 14 No. 7. Lullaby 03:21
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 7. Lullaby
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Cecil Price Walden
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  15. 15 No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 19b, No. 2, MWV U80 02:43
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 19b, No. 2, MWV U80
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  16. 16 No. 1 in E Major, Op. 19b, No. 1, MWV U86 04:11
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 1 in E Major, Op. 19b, No. 1, MWV U86
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  17. 17 No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 19b, No. 5, MWV U90 03:46
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 19b, No. 5, MWV U90
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  18. 18 No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 19b, No. 6, MWV U78, "Venezianisches Gondellied" 02:41
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 19b, No. 6, MWV U78, "Venezianisches Gondellied"
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  19. 19 Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 5, Op. 62: No. 25 in G Major, Op. 62, No. 1, MWV U185 03:39
    Track
    19
    Title
    Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 5, Op. 62: No. 25 in G Major, Op. 62, No. 1, MWV U185
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  20. 20 Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 6, Op. 67: No. 35 in B Minor, Op. 67, No. 5, MWV U184 03:03
    Track
    20
    Title
    Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 6, Op. 67: No. 35 in B Minor, Op. 67, No. 5, MWV U184
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston
  21. 21 Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 7, Op. 85: No. 40 in D Major, Op. 85, No. 4, MWV U190 03:25
    Track
    21
    Title
    Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 7, Op. 85: No. 40 in D Major, Op. 85, No. 4, MWV U190
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Bruce Levingston