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Mendelssohn & Alkan - Lieder ohne Worte | Sony 19658878982

Mendelssohn & Alkan - Lieder ohne Worte

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Label: Sony

Cat No: 19658878982

Barcode: 0196588789823

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 26th January 2024

Contents

Works

Alkan, Charles Valentin

Preludes (25) in all major and minor keys, op.31
» No.8 La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer

Mendelssohn, Felix

Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 1, op.19b
» no.1 in E major 'Sweet Remembrance'
» no.2 in A minor
» no.4 in A major
» no.6 in G minor 'Venetianisches Gondellied' (Venetian Boat Song)
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 2, op.30
» no.1 E flat major
» no.3 in E major
» no.6 in F sharp minor 'Venezianisches Gondellied no.2'
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 3, op.38
» no.2 in C minor
» no.6 in A flat major
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 4, op.53
» no.4 in F major
» no.5 in A minor 'Volkslied'
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 5, op.62
» no.3 in E minor 'Trauermarsch'
» no.5 in A minor 'Venezianisches Gondellied' (Venetian Boat Song)
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 8, op.102
» no.1 in E minor

Artists

Igor Levit (piano)

Works

Alkan, Charles Valentin

Preludes (25) in all major and minor keys, op.31
» No.8 La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer

Mendelssohn, Felix

Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 1, op.19b
» no.1 in E major 'Sweet Remembrance'
» no.2 in A minor
» no.4 in A major
» no.6 in G minor 'Venetianisches Gondellied' (Venetian Boat Song)
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 2, op.30
» no.1 E flat major
» no.3 in E major
» no.6 in F sharp minor 'Venezianisches Gondellied no.2'
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 3, op.38
» no.2 in C minor
» no.6 in A flat major
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 4, op.53
» no.4 in F major
» no.5 in A minor 'Volkslied'
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 5, op.62
» no.3 in E minor 'Trauermarsch'
» no.5 in A minor 'Venezianisches Gondellied' (Venetian Boat Song)
Songs without Words (Lieder ohne Worte): Book 8, op.102
» no.1 in E minor

Artists

Igor Levit (piano)

About

Igor Levit releases a new album as his personal artistic reaction to the 7 October attacks on Israel and the current rise in anti-Semitism worldwide. The album contains his selection of Songs without Words by Felix Mendelssohn and concludes with one Prelude by French Romantic composer Charles-Valentin Alkan. Igor Levit and his team have given their time pro-bono and his proceeds will be donated to two German organisations fighting anti-Semitism - OFEK Advice Center for Anti-Semitic Violence and Discrimination and the Kreuzberg Initiative Against Anti-Semitism.

Igor Levit explains, “I made this recording out of a very, very strong inner necessity. I spent the first four or five weeks after the attack on October 7th in a mixture of speechlessness and total paralysis. And at some point, it became clear that I had no other tools than to react as an artist. I have the piano. I have my music. And so, the idea came to me to record these works, the ‘Songs without Words’ and to donate my proceeds from this recording to two wonderful organizations that work in my hometown here in Berlin to help people who experience anti-Semitism and to help young people avoid falling into the clutches of anti-Semitism. It is my artistic reaction, as a person, as a musician, as a Jew, to what I have felt in the last few weeks and months. Or to put it more precisely, it is one of many reactions that came to mind.”

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