Mendelssohn In Words And Music

Felix Mendelssohn (Artist), Johann Sebastian Bach (Artist), Louis de Froment (Artist), Aaron Rosand (Artist), Arthur Hannes (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 1, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vox (Classical)
• ASIN: B000001KCR
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,666 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #47 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Passions

Track Listings

1. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61: Overture (Excerpt)

2. Concerto for 2 pianos & orchestra in A flat major: Allegro vivace, Presto (Excerpt)

3. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61: Scherzo (Excerpt)

4. Song Without Words for piano No. 30 in A major ('Frühlingslied'), Op. 62/6: Excerpt

5. Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20: Scherzo (Excerpt)

6. St. Matthew Passion (Matthäuspassion), for soloists, double chorus & double orchestra, BWV 244 (BC D3b): Chorale (Excerpt)

7. The Hebrides, overture for orchestra in B minor ('Fingal's Cave'), Op. 26: Excerpt

8. Symphony No. 3 in A minor ('Scottish'), Op. 56: Vivace non troppo (Excerpt)

9. Symphony No. 4 in A major ('Italian'), Op. 90: Allegro vivace (Excerpt)

10. Symphony No. 4 in A major ('Italian'), Op. 90: Con molto moderato (Excerpt)

11. Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, overture in D major, Op. 27: Excerpt

12. Symphony No. 4 in A major ('Italian'), Op. 90: Saltarello-Presto (Excerpt)

13. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61: Wedding March (Excerpt)

14. Paulus (Saint Paul), oratorio, Op. 36: Dir Herr, Dir Will Ich Michs Ergeben (Excerpt)

15. Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25: Molto allegro con fuocco (Excerpt)

16. Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: Allegretto non troppo (Excerpt)

17. Song Without Words for piano No. 34 in C major ('Spinnerlied'), Op. 67/4: Excerpt

18. Symphony No. 3 in A minor ('Scottish'), Op. 56: Allegro un poco agitato (Excerpt)

19. Ruy Blas, overture for orchestra in C minor, Op. 95: Excerpt

20. Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song), song for voice & piano, Op. 34/2: Excerpt

See all 24 tracks on this disc

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great entry in this series, January 10, 2010

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Lawrence M. Sanger (Ohio) - See all my reviews

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We have almost all the CDs in this series. They are all just wonderful. The biographies of the various musicians are very well-told, and you're exposed to a great selection of their music. I know enough about classical music to say that the selections are not always the most "obvious," i.e., you won't hear just the "greatest hits" of Mendelssohn here. The selections are also quite brief, except for his beautiful Violin Concerto played in full at the end (a nice performance of that, as far as my ears can tell). The story is quite inspiring and sad--he lived a full, but short, life, and seemed to be a lovely sort of man. Our whole family likes this and indeed all of the dozen+ CDs we've got in this series.

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful series!, February 9, 2009

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Theresa Aulig "Theresa Aulig" (OR) - See all my reviews

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It's great for kids and everybody.

Lots of clasical music and info - there are 18 CD's:

Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven etc..

Buy it!