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Mendelssohn: Works for Cello & Piano / Poltera, Brautigam

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Details

Composer
MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, FELIX
Artist
Poltera, Brautigam
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Oct 06, 2017
Catalog #
BIS-2187
UPC
7318599921877

About

It is well known that Felix Mendelssohn’s sister Fanny was a highly talented musician, but fewer are familiar with the fact that there were two other musical siblings in the Mendelssohn family: Rebecka, a gifted singer, and Paul, a very competent amateur cellist. It is to Paul, a banker by profession, that we owe the existence of much of Felix’s music for the instrument, which in spite of Beethoven’s endeavours hadn’t yet become firmly established as a duo partner of the piano. Fitting comfortably on a single release, Mendelssohn’s works for cello and piano are here presented by Christian Poltera and Ronald Brautigam, who open with the Variations concertantes in D major, composed in 1829. Brautigam has recently released the composer’s Lieder ohne Worte, performing them on a copy of a piano by Pleyel from 1830, and plays the same instrument on the present disc. Meanwhile, Poltera has chosen to equip his 1711 Stradivarius cello with gut strings, and together the two musicians and their instruments create a sound which is both flexible, transparent and vigorous – ideal for Mendelssohn’s scores. The two substantial sonatas, composed in 1838 and 1843, are separated on the disc by a brief ‘Albumblatt’ and a Romance sans paroles in D major, the only ‘song without words’ that Mendelssohn wrote for two instruments rather than piano solo.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 Thema: Andante con moto 01:04
    Track
    1
    Title
    Thema: Andante con moto
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam
  2. 2 Variation 1 00:29
    Track
    2
    Title
    Variation 1
    Duration
    00:29
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam
  3. 3 Variation 2 00:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    Variation 2
    Duration
    00:29
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam
  4. 4 Variation 3: Più vivace 00:29
    Track
    4
    Title
    Variation 3: Più vivace
    Duration
    00:29
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam
  5. 5 Variation 4: Allegro con fuoco 00:37
    Track
    5
    Title
    Variation 4: Allegro con fuoco
    Duration
    00:37
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam
  6. 6 Variation 5: L'istesso tempo 00:41
    Track
    6
    Title
    Variation 5: L'istesso tempo
    Duration
    00:41
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam
  7. 7 Variation 6: L'istesso tempo 00:28
    Track
    7
    Title
    Variation 6: L'istesso tempo
    Duration
    00:28
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam
  8. 8 Variation 7: Presto ed agitato 01:22
    Track
    8
    Title
    Variation 7: Presto ed agitato
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam
  9. 9 Variation 8: Tempo I - Coda 02:53
    Track
    9
    Title
    Variation 8: Tempo I - Coda
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam
  10. 10 I. Allegro vivace 11:28
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    11:28
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam
  11. 11 II. Andante 05:02
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam
  12. 12 III. Allegro assai 05:54
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    05:54
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam
  13. 13 Lied ohne Worte (Song without Words), Op. 109, MWV Q34 04:45
    Track
    13
    Title
    Lied ohne Worte (Song without Words), Op. 109, MWV Q34
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam
  14. 14 Assai tranquillo in B minor, MWV Q25 01:54
    Track
    14
    Title
    Assai tranquillo in B minor, MWV Q25
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam
  15. 15 I. Allegro assai vivace 07:11
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Allegro assai vivace
    Duration
    07:11
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam
  16. 16 II. Allegretto scherzando 04:55
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Allegretto scherzando
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam
  17. 17 III. Adagio 04:15
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam
  18. 18 IV. Molto allegro e vivace 06:22
    Track
    18
    Title
    IV. Molto allegro e vivace
    Duration
    06:22
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam