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Mendelssohn: The Great Edition

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Label: Warner

Cat No: 5419777413

Barcode: 5054197774133

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 40

Release Date: 16th February 2024

Works

Mendelssohn, Felix

A Midsummer Night's Dream (version for piano duet)

» Overture

» Scherzo

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op.61
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture, op.21
Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein
Albumblatt in E minor, op.117
Allegro in B flat major
Andante and Variations in D major
Andante in D major
Athalia, op.74

» War March of the Priests (arr. for organ)

Athalia: Overture, op.74
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage: Overture, op.27
Capriccio brillant, op.22
Capriccio in E major, op.118
Capriccio in F sharp minor, op.5
Caprices (3), op.33
Cello Sonata no.1 in B flat major, op.45
Cello Sonata no.2 in D major, op.58
Chorale with Variations 'Wie gross ist des allmacht'gen Gute' (1823)
Choruses (4), op.100
Christe du Lamm Gottes
Concert Piece in D minor for clarinet and basset horn, op.114
Concert Piece in F minor for clarinet and basset horn, op.113
Concerto for violin, piano and strings in D minor
Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen (Psalm 91)
Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde, op.89
Die beiden Padagogen
Die erste Walpurgisnacht, op.60
Duets (3), op.77

» no.3 Lied aus Ruy Blas

Duets (6), op.63
Elijah, op.70
Etudes (3), op.104b
Fantasia in F sharp minor, op.28 'Sonate ecossaise'
Fantasie and Fugue in G minor, MWV W9

» Fantasie

Fantasies (3), op.16
Fugue in A major, MWV Anh. A7.34
Fugue in D minor (I)
Fugue in D minor (II)
Fugue in E minor
Fugue in F minor
Fugue in G minor
Gesange (6), op.34
Gesange (6), op.86

» no.1 Das Fenster

» no.3 Die Liebende schreibt

» no.4 Allnachtlich im Traume seh' ich dich

» no.5 Der Mond

» no.6 Altdeutsches Fruhlingslied 'Der trube Winter ist vorbei'

Gondellied in A major
Hark! The herald angels sing (arr. Willcocks)
Hymns (3), op.96
Im Freien zu singen, op.41
Infelice, op.94
Jesu, meine Freude
Kinderstucke (6), op.72 'Christmas Pieces'
Klavierstucke (2)
Kyrie in D minor
Lauda Sion, op.73
Lieder (2), WoO17
Lieder (2), WoO18

» no.1 Ich hor' ein Voglein

Lieder (3), op.84
Lieder (6), op.57
Lieder (6), op.59
Lieder (6), op.71
Lieder (6), op.99

» no.1 Frage

» no.2 Die Sterne schau'n in stiller Nacht

» no.5 Wenn sich zwei Herzen scheiden

» no.6 Es weiss und rath es doch keiner

Lieder (6) in Freien zu singen, op.48 'Der Erste Fruhlingstag'
Lieder (12), op.9

» no.1 Frage 'Ist es wahr?'

» no.5 Im Herbst

» no.6 Scheidend

» no.7 Sehnsucht

» no.8 Fruhlingsglaube

» no.9 Ferne

» no.10 Verlust

» no.12 Die Nonne

O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
Octet in E flat major, op.20
Organ Sonatas (6), op.65
Ostinato in C minor (1823)
Paulus, op.36
Piano Concerto in A minor
Piano Concerto no.1 in G minor, op.25
Piano Concerto no.2 in D minor, op.40
Piano Quartet no.1 in C minor, op.1
Piano Quartet no.2 in F minor, op.2
Piano Quartet no.3 in B minor, op.3
Piano Sextet in D major, op.110
Piano Sonata in E major, op.6
Piano Trio in C minor, op.66
Piano Trio in D minor, op.49
Pieces (4) for String Quartet, op.81
Prelude in C minor (1841)
Prelude in D minor (1820)
Preludes (3), op.104a
Preludes and Fugues (3), op.37
Preludes and Fugues (6), op.35
Psalm 42, op.42 'Wie der Hirsch schreit'
Psalm 55 'Hor mein Bitten, Herr', WoO15
Psalm 95, op.46
Psalm 98, op.91
Psalm 114, op.51
Psalm 115, op.31
Psalms (3) for choir a capella, op.78
Rondo brillant, op.29
Ruy Blas: Overture, op.95
Sacred Pieces for soloists, choir and organ (3), op.23
Schlafloser Augen Leuchte
Songs (6), op.47
Songs (6) for voice and piano, op.19a
Songs (12) for voice and piano, op.8

» no.4 Erntelied

» no.8 Andres Maienlied 'Hexenlied'

» no.10 Romanze

» no.11 Im Grunen

Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 1, op.19b
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 2, op.30
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 3, op.38
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 4, op.53
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 5, op.62
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 6, op.67
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 7, op.85
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 8, op.102
String Quartet no.1 in E flat major, op.12
String Quartet no.2 in A minor, op.13
String Quartet no.3 in D major, op.44 no.1
String Quartet no.4 in E minor, op.44 no.2
String Quartet no.5 in E flat major, op.44 no.3
String Quartet no.6 in F minor, op.80
String Quintet no.1 in A major, op.18
String Quintet no.2 in B flat major, op.87
String Symphonies (13)
Symphonies 1-5 (complete)
Te Deum a 4
The Fair Melusine Overture, op.32
The Garland, WoO7
The Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave', op.26
Variations in E flat major, op.82
Variations serieuses, op.54 (arr. organ)
Variations serieuses, op.54
Verleih uns Frieden gnadiglich
Violin Concerto in D minor, op.post.
Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
Violin Sonata in F major (1838) (arr. for flute)
Violin Sonata in F major (1838)
Volkslieder (3), WoO11
Warnung vor dem Rhein, WoO16
Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten

Artists

Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
Christiane Baumann (soprano)
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Evelyn Brunner (soprano)
Christiane Buntschu (soprano)
Helen Donath (soprano)
Marie-Helene Essade (soprano)
Gabriele Fuchs (soprano)
Krisztina Laki (soprano)
Felicity Lott (soprano)
Karita Mattila (soprano)
Audrey Michael (soprano)
Machiko Obata (soprano)
Andrea Rost (soprano)
Joana Silva (soprano)
Edith Wiens (soprano)
Johannes Dietzel (treble)
Thomas Fleischmann (treble)
David Lugert (treble)
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
Christiane Oertel (mezzo-soprano)
Hanna Schwarz (mezzo-soprano)
Brigitte Balleys (alto)
Monique Borel (alto)
Natacha Casagrande (alto)
Naoko Ihara (alto)
Cornelia Kallisch (contralto)
Anne Schwanewilms (contralto)
Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto)
Suzana Teixeira (contralto)
Pierre-Andre Blaser (tenor)
Salvatore Champagne (tenor)
Adolf Dallapozza (tenor)
Werner Hollweg (tenor)
Kurt Kempf (tenor)
Frieder Lang (tenor)
Raphaël Osorio (tenor)
Alejandro Ramirez (tenor)
Hans-Jurg Rickenbacher (tenor)
Marcus Schaeffer (tenor)
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Deon van der Walt (tenor)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Roland Hermann (baritone)
Klaus Hirte (baritone)
Philippe Huttenlocher (baritone)
Gilles Cachemaille (bass-baritone)
Blaise Chappuis (bass)
Andrew Collis (bass)
Jose Fardilha (bass)
Benno Kusche (bass)
Rablo Pavon (bass)
Andreas Schmidt (bass)
Gunter Wewel (bass)
Ingrid Heitmann (speaker)
Friedhelm Eberle (speaker)
Daniel Adni (piano)
Annie d’Arco (piano)
Martha Argerich (piano)
Dalton Baldwin (piano)
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)
Samson Francois (piano)
Daria Hovora (piano)
Graham Johnson (piano)
Cyprien Katsaris (piano)
Sylvia Kersenbaum (piano)
Doomin Kim (piano)
Cristina Marton (piano)
Gerald Moore (piano)
John Ogdon (piano)
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
Helmut Roloff (piano)
Eric Le Sage (piano)
Wolfgang Sawallisch (piano)
Aleksandar Serdar (piano)
Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
Marie-Claire Alain (organ)
Jean-Christophe Geiser (organ)
Olivier Latry (organ)
Wayne Marshall (organ)
Noel Rawsthorne (organ)
Michael Schonheit (organ)
Guillaume Tourmiaire (organ)
Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin)
Rainer Kussmaul (violin)
Dora Schwarzberg (violin)
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Lyda Chen (viola)
Gerard Causse (viola)
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg (viola)
Jorge Bosso (cello)
Frederic Lodeon (cello)
Rudolf Mandalka (cello)
Enrico Fagone (double bass)
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
Andrew Swinnerton (oboe)
Sabine Meyer (clarinet)
Wolfgang Meyer (basset horn)
Alban Berg Quartett
Artemis Quartet
Cherubini-Quartett
Domus Quartet
Eder Quartett
Kreuzberger Quartett
Quatuor Arod
Quatuor Viotti
Trio Fontenay
Carmina Chamber Choir
Choeur de la Fondation Gulbenkian de Lisbonne
Chœur Symphonique de la Fondation Gulbenkian de Lisbonne
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chor des Stadtischen Musikvereins zu Dusseldorf
Ensemble vocal de Lausanne
Kammerchor Stuttgart
London Symphony Chorus
New College Choir, Oxford
Knabenchor Wuppertaler Kurrende
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Berliner Philharmoniker
City of London Sinfonia
Concerto Koln
Dusseldorfer Symphoniker
Ensemble instrumental de Lausanne
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Gurzenich-Orchester Koln
London Symphony Orchestra
Munchner Philharmoniker
Munchner Rundfunkorchester
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestre d’Auvergne
Orchestre de la Fondation Gulbenkian de Lisbonne
Staatskapelle Dresden
Wurttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

Conductors

Moshe Atzmon
Frieder Bernius
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
Aldo Ceccato
Sergiu Celibidache
James Conlon
Michel Corboz
Colin Davis
Peter Hanke
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Richard Hickox
Edward Higginbottom
Kurt Masur
Riccardo Muti
John Nelson
Janos Rolla
Kenneth Sillito
Heinz

Works

Mendelssohn, Felix

A Midsummer Night's Dream (version for piano duet)

» Overture

» Scherzo

» War March of the Priests (arr. for organ)

» no.3 Lied aus Ruy Blas

Duets (6), op.63
Elijah, op.70
Etudes (3), op.104b
Fantasia in F sharp minor, op.28 'Sonate ecossaise'
Fantasie and Fugue in G minor, MWV W9

» Fantasie

Fantasies (3), op.16
Fugue in A major, MWV Anh. A7.34
Fugue in D minor (I)
Fugue in D minor (II)
Fugue in E minor
Fugue in F minor
Fugue in G minor
Gesange (6), op.34
Gesange (6), op.86

» no.1 Das Fenster

» no.3 Die Liebende schreibt

» no.4 Allnachtlich im Traume seh' ich dich

» no.5 Der Mond

» no.6 Altdeutsches Fruhlingslied 'Der trube Winter ist vorbei'

» no.1 Ich hor' ein Voglein

Lieder (3), op.84
Lieder (6), op.57
Lieder (6), op.59
Lieder (6), op.71
Lieder (6), op.99

» no.1 Frage

» no.2 Die Sterne schau'n in stiller Nacht

» no.5 Wenn sich zwei Herzen scheiden

» no.6 Es weiss und rath es doch keiner

Lieder (6) in Freien zu singen, op.48 'Der Erste Fruhlingstag'
Lieder (12), op.9

» no.1 Frage 'Ist es wahr?'

» no.5 Im Herbst

» no.6 Scheidend

» no.7 Sehnsucht

» no.8 Fruhlingsglaube

» no.9 Ferne

» no.10 Verlust

» no.12 Die Nonne

» no.4 Erntelied

» no.8 Andres Maienlied 'Hexenlied'

» no.10 Romanze

» no.11 Im Grunen

Artists

Conductors

About

A child prodigy, Felix Mendelssohn is considered one of Europe’s greatest composers. A virtuoso conductor and pianist, he was a respected all-round musician for whom Robert Schumann had great friendship and admiration. This boxed set offers a panorama of Mendelssohn’s genius, from his masterpieces to lesser-known works performed by world-class musicians including Maxim Vengerov, Alban Berg Quartett, Kurt Masur (one of his successors at the helm of the Leipzig Gewandhaus), and Marie-Claire Alain, under whose hands we find here, for the first time on CD, a large set of Mendelssohn’s organ works.

Mendelssohn is celebrated for his role in bridging Classical structure and Romantic expressiveness. His most famous works include the “Wedding March” from A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian Symphony, Elijah, the Violin Concerto… However, his genius infuses a prolific and highly diverse body of work that deserves to be rediscovered. He continued to inspire future generations of composers and also played a crucial role in reviving the works of Bach.

Born on 3 February 1809 into a wealthy and culturally prominent Jewish family, Mendelssohn showed exceptional musical talent from a young age, and his parents provided him with a well-rounded education that included music, languages, and the arts. His early compositions and performances, including symphonies and chamber music, astounded audiences and drew comparisons to Mozart for his prodigious talent. He studied music with notable teachers and composers, including Carl Friedrich Zelter and Ludwig Berger, a pupil of Clementi. He spent time in Berlin and Leipzig, where he became involved in the city's musical scenes. Mendelssohn's family converted to Christianity when he was a child, and he himself was a practicing Lutheran. He married Cécile Jeanrenaud, with whom he had five children and died at the young age of 38 in Leipzig.

This 40-CD great edition includes all Mendelssohn’s most important music. A collection of landmark recordings, it features numerous major performers and first releases on CD.