Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet; Piano Quartet; Piano Trio

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The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective continue to go from strength to strength. Their explorations of neglected repertoire from marginalised groups are not merely a much-needed contribution to... — David Smith, Presto Music, 29th July 2022 More…

Release Date: 29th Jul 2022
Catalogue No: CHAN20256
Label: Chandos
Length: 68 minutes

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29th July 2022

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Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet Op. 110

Work length27:24

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I. Allegro vivace

Track length11:15

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II. Adagio

Track length4:22

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III. Menuetto

Track length2:16

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IV. Allegro vivace

Track length9:31

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Mendelssohn, Fanny: Piano Trio in D minor Op. 11

Work length22:57

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I. Allegro molto vivace

Track length9:52

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II. Andante espressivo

Track length5:45

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III. Lied

Track length1:53

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IV. Finale

Track length5:27

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Mendelssohn, Fanny: Piano Quartet in A flat major

Work length17:39

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I. Allegro moderato

Track length8:28

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II. Larghetto

Track length4:26

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III. Tempo di Minuetto

Track length4:45

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Recording of the Week, Chamber music from the Mendelssohns

29th July 2022

The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective performs early works by Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, complemented by one of Fanny's last-ever compositions.

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, born four years before her brother, Felix Mendelssohn, was an accomplished pianist and a prolific composer. When she died of a stroke, aged just forty-two, she left around 460 pieces of music, some 250 of which are songs. The difficulties of making a career in her own era (her supportive father would not allow her to publish or work as a ‘professional’ composer) have condemned much of her work to obscurity, a situation that is now rapidly being reversed as the number of concerts and recordings devoted to works by women composers increases.

Here the award-winning Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective champions her Piano Trio and Piano Quartet, alongside Felix Mendelssohn’s underperformed Piano Sextet. Fanny composed her Piano Quartet whilst a student, aged seventeen. In contrast, the Piano Trio was her last chamber work, written in her final year. The Piano Sextet by Felix Mendelssohn was also an early work, written in just a few short weeks in the spring of 1824. For some reason he never published the work (perhaps because of the unusual scoring), hence it became his Op.110 when published, posthumously, in 1868.

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29th July 2022

The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective continue to go from strength to strength. Their explorations of neglected repertoire from marginalised groups are not merely a much-needed contribution to the redressing of imbalances in familiarity and reputation – though they are certainly that – but they are also, quite simply, brilliant music-making.

28th July 2022

The ebullient Sextet has a pair of violas adding mellow sonorities without dimming the brightness. Chi-chi Nwanoku’s double bass acts as a springboard here, and Tom Poster throws off gloriously dextrous piano figuration.

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Recording of the Week, Chamber music from the Mendelssohns

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