Chandos
Mendelssohn: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 3
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Details
- Composer
- Franz Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn
- Artist
- Peter Donohoe
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Chandos
- Released
- Apr 24, 2026
- Catalog #
- CHAN 20347
- UPC
- 0095115234723
About
All the works recorded here were composed between 1825 and 1835, when Mendelssohn was aged between sixteen and twenty-six. He spent much of this decade travelling, from Berlin to Paris via Weimar, then London and Scotland before work in Dusseldorf eventually led to his appointment as municipal musical director and conductor of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig. The Piano Sonata in E major and that in B flat major, and indeed the Phantasie (subtitled Sonate ecossaise), owe some debt to Beethoven, but are also influenced by Weber, Hummel, and Moscheles (to whom the Phantasie was dedicated). The two shorter works (Scherzo à capriccio and Capriccio) perhaps show a more relaxed side of the composer, free from the constraints of sonata form. Liszt's virtuosic re-working of themes from A Midsummer Night's Dream completes the programme. Born in Manchester in 1953, Peter Donohoe studied at Chetham's School of Music for seven years, graduated in music from the University of Leeds, and went on to study at the Royal Northern College of Music with Derek Wyndham, and then in Paris with Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod. He is acclaimed as one of the foremost pianists of our time, for his musicianship, stylistic versatility, and commanding technique.
Tracklist 12 tracks
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1 Scherzo a capriccio in F-Sharp Minor, WoO 3, MWV U113 05:56
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Scherzo a capriccio in F-Sharp Minor, WoO 3, MWV U113
- Duration
- 05:56
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Peter Donohoe
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2 Fantasia in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 28, MWV U92, "Sonate écossaise" 13:51
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Fantasia in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 28, MWV U92, "Sonate écossaise"
- Duration
- 13:51
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Peter Donohoe
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3 Capriccio (Scherzo) in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 5, MWV U50 06:24
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Capriccio (Scherzo) in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 5, MWV U50
- Duration
- 06:24
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Peter Donohoe
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4 I. Allegretto con espressione 05:33
- Track
- 4
- Title
- I. Allegretto con espressione
- Duration
- 05:33
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Peter Donohoe
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5 II. Tempo di Menuetto 04:25
- Track
- 5
- Title
- II. Tempo di Menuetto
- Duration
- 04:25
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Peter Donohoe
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6 III. Recitativo: Adagio e senza tempo 06:04
- Track
- 6
- Title
- III. Recitativo: Adagio e senza tempo
- Duration
- 06:04
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Peter Donohoe
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7 IV. Molto allegro e vivace 06:43
- Track
- 7
- Title
- IV. Molto allegro e vivace
- Duration
- 06:43
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Peter Donohoe
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8 I. Allegro vivace 06:23
- Track
- 8
- Title
- I. Allegro vivace
- Duration
- 06:23
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Peter Donohoe
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9 II. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo 02:48
- Track
- 9
- Title
- II. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo
- Duration
- 02:48
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Peter Donohoe
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10 III. Andante quasi alegretto - Allegro molto - 04:16
- Track
- 10
- Title
- III. Andante quasi alegretto - Allegro molto -
- Duration
- 04:16
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Peter Donohoe
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11 III. Allegro moderato 04:09
- Track
- 11
- Title
- III. Allegro moderato
- Duration
- 04:09
- Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer
- Peter Donohoe
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12 Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March and Dance of the Fairies, S410/R219 10:08
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March and Dance of the Fairies, S410/R219
- Duration
- 10:08
- Composer
- Franz Liszt
- Performer
- Peter Donohoe