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Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 4

Howard Shelley (piano)

Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 4
Shelley's technique is superb, and anything marked Presto or thereabouts is delivered with tremendous elan

BBC Music Magazine, April 20163 out of 5 stars

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Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 4

Howard Shelley (piano)

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Shelley's technique is superb, and anything marked Presto or thereabouts is delivered with tremendous elan

BBC Music Magazine, April 20163 out of 5 stars

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The Op 35 set of Preludes and Fugues is the most substantial single opus Mendelssohn wrote for solo piano, a mark of his reverence for the mighty Bach. Coupled with the popular fifth book of Songs without Words, we have here a heavyweight fourth volume in Howard Shelley’s compendium.

Contents and tracklist

Mendelssohn: Prelude & Fugue for piano in E minor, Op. 35 No. 1
Work length8:00
I. Prelude: Allegro con fuoco
Track length2:06
II. Fugue: Andante espressivo
Track length5:54
Mendelssohn: Prelude & Fugue for piano in D major, Op. 35 No. 2
Work length5:48
I. Prelude: Allegretto
Track length2:43
II. Fugue: Tranquillo e sempre legato
Track length3:05
Mendelssohn: Prelude & Fugue for piano in B minor, Op. 35 No. 3
Work length5:25
I. Prelude: Prestissimo staccato
Track length1:55
II. Fugue: Allegro con brio
Track length3:30
Mendelssohn: Prelude & Fugue for piano in A flat major, Op. 35 No. 4
Work length8:55
I. Prelude: Con moto
Track length3:52
II. Fugue: Con moto ma sostenuto
Track length5:03
Mendelssohn: Prelude & Fugue for piano in F minor, Op. 35 No. 5
Work length6:48
I. Prelude: Andante lento
Track length3:00
II. Fugue: Allegro con fuoco
Track length3:48
Mendelssohn: Prelude & Fugue for piano in B flat major, Op. 35 No. 6
Work length6:26
I. Prelude: Maestoso moderato
Track length2:50
II. Fugue: Allegro con brio
Track length3:36
Mendelssohn: Andante Cantabile and Presto Agitato
Work length8:31
I. Andante cantabile
Track length2:36
II. Presto agitato
Track length5:55
Mendelssohn: Lied in A major, 1837
Work length2:45
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Book 5 (6), Op. 62
Work length14:24
No 1 in G major. Andante espressivo
Track length2:42
No 2 in B flat major. Allegro con fuoco
Track length1:55
No 3 in E minor. Andante maestoso
Track length2:31
No 4 in G major. Allegro con anima
Track length1:33
No 5 in A minor 'Venetianisches Gondellied'. Andante con moto
Track length2:57
No 6 in A major 'Spring Song'. Allegretto grazioso
Track length2:46

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Awards and reviews

April 2016

Shelley's technique is superb, and anything marked Presto or thereabouts is delivered with tremendous elan
3 out of 5 stars

January 2016

a fascinating recital, warmly recorded and with absorbing notes from Mendelssohn scholar R Larry Todd.
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