Mendelssohn,felix - Great Composers In Words & Music - Music CD

Track Listing

1.1 Introduction [00:11]
1.2 Die beiden Neffen oder Der Onkel aus Boston (The Two Nephews, or The Uncle from Boston), MWV L4, ... [01:14]
1.3 Der Onkel aus Boston ('The Uncle from Boston'), a three-act dramatic work by Felix Mendelssohn, b... [07:00]
1.4 6 Kinderstcke (6 Children's Pieces), Op. 72, "Christmas Pieces": No. 1. Allegro non troppo, MWV ... [00:59]
1.5 An extract from Mendelssohn's piano collection Kinderstcke ('Children's Pieces'), published afte... [02:57]
1.6 Lied zum Geburtstag meines guten Vaters, MWV K1 [01:12]
1.7 By his early teens, Mendelssohn had alr eady acquired an impressive portfolio of musical compositi... [05:41]
1.8 String Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20, MWV R20: III. Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo (excerpt) [01:00]
1.9 A similar musical atmosphere was created in the second of Mendelssohn's towering early works: his... [00:56]
1.10 A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21, MWV P3 (excerpt) [01:36]
1.11 The period also witnessed the intensification of Mendelssohn's historical interest in earlier sty... [03:10]
1.12 Hora est, MWV B18: Hora est [02:23]
1.13 1829 saw the beginning of Mendelssohn's Grand Tour of Europe, a series of excursions that took th... [02:32]
1.14 The Hebrides in D Major, Op. 26, MWV P7, "Fingal's Cave" (excerpt) [01:06]
1.15 At the home of a wealthy mine owner in north Wales, the next stop in his tour, Mendelssohn first ... [04:49]
1.16 Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N16, "Italian": IV. Saltarello: Presto (excerpt) [01:09]
1.17 The second opportunity to present itself on Mendelssohn's return to Berlin, following his Europea... [02:08]
1.18 Overture in C Major, Op. 101, MWV P2, "Trumpet" (excerpt) [00:47]
1.19 The success of Mendelssohn's directorship of the Dsseldorf festival to one commentator, 'the g... [05:19]
1.20 Paulus (St. Paul), Op. 36, MWV A14, Part II: How Lovely are the Messengers (Sung in English) (exc... [01:42]
1.21 Roughly one month earlier, the 9th of September 1836, Mendelssohn had become engaged to Ccile Je... [02:59]
1.22 3 Motets, Op. 39: No. 1. Veni, Domine (Hear my prayer, O Lord), MWV B24 (excerpt) [00:52]
1.23 The next few years in Leipzig witnessed the completion of Mendelssohn's String Quartets Op. 44, h... [03:31]
1.24 Organ Sonata in C Minor, Op. 65, No. 2, MWV W57: II. Allegro maestoso e vivace (excerpt) [01:05]
1.25 It is easy to forget that, while Mendelssohn was most famous during his lifetime as a composer, c... [03:12]
1.26 Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: III. Allegro molto vivace (excerpt) [01:10]
1.27 Hear My Prayer, a short standalone piece of sacred choral music also composed in 1844, cannot be ... [01:03]
1.28 Hear My Prayer, WoO 15, MWV B49 (version for voice and organ) (excerpt) [01:28]
1.29 Ten years after the premiere of St. Paul, Mendelssohn turned his attention once again to the genr... [02:06]
1.30 Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25, Part II: Alsdann wird euer Licht hervorbrechen (And then shall Your ligh... [00:46]
1.31 Mendelssohn died on the 4th of November 1847 following a series of strokes [03:38]
1.32 Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 5, Op. 62: No. 28 in G Major, Op. 62, No. 4, MWV U175 [01:30]