Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words- selections / Grieg: Lyric Pieces- selections [Import]

Felix Mendelssohn (Composer), Edvard Grieg (Composer), Walter Gieseking (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Walter Gieseking
• Composer: Felix Mendelssohn, Edvard Grieg
• Audio CD (April 3, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Classics Imports
• ASIN: B000007TKJ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #421,487 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Songs Without Words: Book 1, Op.19: No. 1 in E - Andante con moto

2. Songs Without Words: Book 1, Op.19: No. 6 in G minor - Andante sostenuto (Venetian Gondola Song)

3. Songs Without Words: Book 2, Op.30: No. 6 in F sharp minor Allegretto (Venetian Gondola Song)

4. Songs Without Words: Book 2, Op.38: No. 4 in A - Andante

5. Songs Without Words: Book 3, Op.38: No. 6 in A flat - Andante con moto (Duetto)

6. Songs Without Words: Book 4, Op.53: No. 2 in E flat - Allegro non troppo

7. Songs Without Word: Book 4, Op.53: No. 3 in G minor - Presto agitato

8. Songs Without Words: Book 4, Op.53: No. 4 in F - Adagio

9. Songs Without Words: No. 1 in G - Andante espressivo

10. Songs Without Words: Book 5, Op.62: No. 5 in A minor - Andante (Venetian Gondola Song)

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Disc: 2

1. Lyric Pieces: Book 5, Op.54: No. 1 Shepherd Boy

2. Lyric Pieces: Book 5, Op.54: No. 3 March Of TheDwarfs

3. Lyric Pieces: Book 5, Op.54: No. 4 Notturno

4. Lyric Pieces: Book 5, Op.54: No. 6 Bellringing

5. Lyric Pieces: Book 6, Op.57: No. 6 Homesickness

6. Lyric Pieces: Book 7, Op.62: No. 3 French Serenade

7. Lyric Pieces: Book 7, Op.62: No. 5 Phantom

8. Lyric Pieces: Book 7, Op.62: No. 6 Homeward

9. Lyric Pieces: Book 8, Op.65: No. 1 From Days Of Youth

10. Lyric Pieces: Book 8, Op.65: No. 2 Peasant's

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this CD !, May 11, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words- selections / Grieg: Lyric Pieces- selections (Audio CD)

I own two other recordings of the lyric pieces: one by Gilels on Deutsche Grammophon and one by Sviatoslav Richter on Live Classics. Although I am a huge Richter fan, I actually prefer Gieseking's account. He truly was a brilliant pianist. His account of the Lieder ohne Worte is also quite good. All in all, if you can find this set (I think it may be out of print), buy it immediately. It is well worth the purchase price.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Piano Fan, January 19, 2007

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Brush in Hand "Philip" (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words- selections / Grieg: Lyric Pieces- selections (Audio CD)

I'm no musician, but I love this music. Although, I may not be able to put it into words as eloquently and as knowledgably as others, I am a painter and believe this music to be of the best quality of art. I would suggest it to anyone, especially someone beginning to appreciate classical piano music. It's given me so much satisfaction to hear something so acceptable to my ears. I feel Walter Gieseking illuminates this music in subtle ways I cannot fully understand but sincerely appreciate.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 17 Lieder ohne Worte (17 Songs Without Words), June 12, 2000

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"dimondcrystals" (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words- selections / Grieg: Lyric Pieces- selections (Audio CD)

Gieseking's brilliant and soulful interpretation of these pieces depict the reason for their title(s) - they are songs that do not need words - the music itself tells the story. Included on this CD are songs about passion, beauty, love, tragedy, triumph and bittersweet melancholy. Other artists who have performed these pieces on published CD's, such as Ilse von Alpenheim, play them fairly well from a purely technical standpoint, but they haven't captured the emotion needed to evolve the music into story telling 'songs'.