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Special offer. Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 6

Howard Shelley (piano)

Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 6
Recorded in a full, close acoustic – almost as though one were standing next to the piano in some Victorian drawing-room – the solidity of Shelley’s pianism and his belief in this music comes...

BBC Music Magazine, March 20224 out of 5 stars

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Howard Shelley (piano)

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Recorded in a full, close acoustic – almost as though one were standing next to the piano in some Victorian drawing-room – the solidity of Shelley’s pianism and his belief in this music comes...

BBC Music Magazine, March 20224 out of 5 stars

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Howard Shelley’s survey of the piano music is an undoubted highlight of the Mendelssohn revival. In this, the final instalment of the series, he focuses on late works and posthumous publications.

Contents and tracklist

Mendelssohn: Albumblatt in E minor, Op. 117
Work length4:02
Mendelssohn: Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 2 in A minor
Work length2:31
Mendelssohn: Capriccio in E major, Op. 118
Work length6:56
Mendelssohn: Perpetuum mobile in C major, Op. 119
Work length2:57
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, WoO13
Work length6:40
I. Prelude: Allegro molto
Track length2:16
II. Fugue: Allegro energico
Track length4:24
Mendelssohn: Musical sketches, WoO19
Work length5:23
No 1 in B flat major. Andante cantabile
Track length2:29
No 2 in G minor. Presto agitato
Track length2:54
Mendelssohn: Reiterlied in D minor
Work length1:46
Mendelssohn: Piano Sonata in B flat major, Op. 106
Work length17:30
I. Allegro vivace
Track length6:18
II. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo
Track length3:18
III. Andante quasi allegretto
Track length3:12
IV. Allegro molto
Track length4:42
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Book 7 (6), Op. 85
Work length13:44
No 1 in F major. Andante espressivo
Track length2:51
No 2 in A minor. Allegro agitato
Track length1:05
No 3 in E flat major. Presto
Track length2:36
No 4 in D major. Andante sostenuto
Track length3:12
No 5 in A major. Allegretto
Track length1:58
No 6 in B flat major. Allegretto con moto
Track length2:02
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Book 8 (6), Op. 102
Work length12:17
No 1 in E minor. Andante un poco agitato
Track length2:40
No 2 in D major. Adagio
Track length2:20
No 3 in C major. Presto
Track length1:22
No 4 in G minor. Andante, un poco agitato
Track length2:36
No 5 in A major. Allegro vivace
Track length1:13
No 6 in C major. Andante
Track length2:06

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Awards and reviews

March 2022

Recorded in a full, close acoustic – almost as though one were standing next to the piano in some Victorian drawing-room – the solidity of Shelley’s pianism and his belief in this music comes over convincingly.
4 out of 5 stars

February 2022

He’s the kind of artist who’s a natural completist, able to reveal inspiration in even the most obscure corners, and as with previous releases, there are some striking discoveries.
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