Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47): Piano Rarities. Piano Sonata in F minor, MWV U23 (1820) ; Piano Sonata in E minor, MWV U19 (1820) ; Lieder ohne Worte (‘Songs without Words’), E flat major, MWV U68 (1828); Lieder ohne Worte, Book7, No.41 in A major,Op.85, No.5, MWV U191 (1847 version); Lieder ohne Worte, D major, MWV U178 (1843); Lieder ohne Worte, F major, MWV U150 (c. 1841); Lieder ohne Worte, F sharp minor, MWV U124 (1836); Allegretto in A major, MWV U138 (1837); Andante in A major, MWV U76 (1830); Lieder ohne Worte, Book1–No. 2 in A minor, Op.19b, No.2, MWV U80 (1830 version); Lieder ohne Worte, E flat major, MWV U82 (after 1830) (completed by R. Larry Todd, b. 1952; Andante con moto in A major, MWV U75 (1830); Con moto in A major, MWV U88; Wie die Zeit läuft! (‘How Time Flies!’), MWV U196 (1847) ; 19. Übungsbuch bei Zelter, MWV Z1: No. 119. Theme and Variations in D Major; Piano Piece in G major, MWV U38 (1822) ; Andante in E flat major, MWV U165 (after 21 June 1842); Sostenuto in F major, MWV U167 (1842 version); Canon in F-Sharp Minor, MWV U163 (1842 version); Capriccio in E-Flat Minor, MWV U43; Allegro in F major, MWV U174 ‘Bärentanz’ (‘Bear Dance’) (1842). Christopher Williams, piano.
Catalogue Number: 1Z009
Label: Naxos
Reference: 8574509
Format: CD
Price: $17.98
Description: This album of rarely heard piano music by Mendelssohn displays the composer’s wide emotional range and features two youthful sonatas, composed when he was just eleven years old. Pianist Christopher Williams has previously recorded acclaimed albums of music by Semyon Barmotin for Grand Piano (GP799, 865, 866)and makes his Naxos label debut with this album.
