Felix Mendelssohn – Songs Without Words (Barenboim) [1997]

CD1
01. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.19 - No. 1 in E (Andante con moto) "Sweet Remembrance"
02. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.19 - No. 2 in A minor (Andante espressivo)
03. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.19 - No. 3 in A (Molto allegro) "Hunting Song"
04. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.19 - No. 4 in A (Moderato)
05. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.19 - No. 5 in F sharp minor (Agitato) "Restlessness"
06. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.19 - No. 6 in G minor (Andante sostenuto) "Venetian Gondola Song" 
07. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.30 - No. 1. Andante espressivo in E flat
08. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.30 - No. 2. Allegro di molto in B flat minor
09. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.30 - No. 3. Andante sostenuto in E "Consolation"
10. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.30 - No. 4. Agitato e con fuoco in B minor
11. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.30 - No. 5. Andante grazioso in D
12. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.30 - No. 6. Allegretto in F sharp minor "Venetian Gondola Song"
13. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.38 - No. 1. Con moto in E flat
14. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.38 - No. 2. Allegro non troppo in C minor "Lost Happiness" 
15. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.38 - No. 3. Presto in E "La harpe du poète"
16. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.38 - No. 4. Andante in A
17. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.38 - No. 5. Agitato in A minor "Appassionata"
18. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.38 - No. 6. Andante con moto in A flat "Duetto"
19. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.53 - No. 1. Andante con moto in A flat
20. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.53 - No. 2. Allegro non troppo in E flat "The Fleecy Cloud"
21. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.53 - No. 3. Presto agitato in G minor
22. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.53 - No. 4. Adagio in F "Sadness of Soul"
23. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.53 - No. 5. Allegro in A minor "Folk-Song"
24. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.53 - No. 6. Molto allegro vivace in A "La fuite"

CD2
01. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.62 - No. 1 Andante espressivo in G
02. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.62 - No. 2 Allegro con fuoco in B flat
03. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.62 - No. 3 Andante maestoso in E minor "Funeral March" 
04. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.62 - No. 4 Allegro con anima in G "Morning Song"
05. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.62 - No. 5 Andante in A minor "Venetian Gondola Song"
06. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.62 - No. 6 Andante grazioso in A "Spring Song"
07. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.67 - No. 1. Andante in E flat4
08. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.67 - No. 2. Allegro leggiero in F sharp minor "Lost Illusions"
09. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.67 - No. 3. Andante tranquillo in B flat
10. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.67 - No. 4. Presto in C "Spinning Song"
11. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.67 - No. 5. Moderato in B minor "The Shepherd's complaint"
12. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.67 - No. 6. Allegro non troppo in E "Cradle Song"
13. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.85 - No. 1. Andante espressivo in F
14. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.85 - No. 2. Allegro agitato in A minor "Adieu"
15. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.85 - No. 3. Presto in E flat
16. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.85 - No. 4. Andante sostenuto in D "Elegy"
17. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.85 - No. 5. Allegretto in A
18. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.85 - No. 6. Allegretto con moto in B flat
19. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.102 - No. 1. Andante un poco agitato in E minor
20. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.102 - No. 2. Adagio in D
21. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.102 - No. 3. Presto in C "Tarantelle"
22. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.102 - No. 4. Un poco agitato in G minor "The Sighing Wind"
23. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.102 - No. 5. Allegro vivace in A "The Joyous Peasant"
24. Lieder ohne Worte, Op.102 - No. 6. Andante in C "Belief"
25. 6 Kinderstücke op.72 - 1. Allegro non troppo
26. 6 Kinderstücke op.72 - 2. Andante sostenuto
27. 6 Kinderstücke op.72 - 3. Allegretto
28. 6 Kinderstücke op.72 - 4. Andante con moto
29. 6 Kinderstücke op.72 - 5. Allegro assai
30. 6 Kinderstücke op.72 - 6. Vivace
31. Gondellied (Barcarolle) in A major (1837) - Allegretto non troppo
32. 2 Klavierstücke - 1. Andante cantabile
33. 2 Klavierstücke - 2. Presto agitato
34. Albumblatt (Lied ohne Worte) in E minor, Op.117 – Allegro

Daniel Barenboim - piano

This is an album that makes you love Mendelssohn even more. The interpretations are perfect - I get flashes of Mendelssohn when I hear Daniel Barenboim's playing. He certainly seems to do a lot of research into the composer before attempting a recording...he must have the original manuscripts and not those which demand excessive pedaling work (which was not the style of Felix Mendelssohn at all, well, as far as I know anyway).

In my experience some players get Mendelssohn all wrong. Though many of the Songs Without Words don't require virtuosity to play, they require something special to "sing". I've never heard any other pianist do this as well as Daniel Barenboim. ---"marcel195", amazon.com

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