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Mendelssohn-Hensel - Songs Vol.2 | Naxos 8572781

Mendelssohn-Hensel - Songs Vol.2

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8572781

Barcode: 0747313278176

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 3rd June 2013

Contents

About

Felix Mendelssohn’s elder sister Fanny was for years just a footnote in music history, but is now recognized as a gifted composer in her own right. Possessing all of the fragile and intimate qualities of the German Romantic tradition, her songs are notable for their sensitive word-setting and deeply personal expressiveness.

This second volume includes ten world première recordings and is a collection of mostly unknown and unpublished settings of German poets such as Heine, Goethe and Hölty, coupled with six songs in English to texts by Byron and Mary Alexander.

Dorothea Craxton gives regular Lieder recitals and in recent years has given particular attention to the work of women composers of the romantic period – especially Clara Schumann and, in collaboration with pianist Babette Dorn, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel.

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