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Mendelssohn - Works for Solo Piano Vol.3 | Chandos CHAN20347

Mendelssohn - Works for Solo Piano Vol.3

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Label: Chandos

Cat No: CHAN20347

Barcode: 0095115234723

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 24th April 2026

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All the works recorded here were composed between 1825 and 1835, when Mendelssohn was aged between sixteen and twenty-six. He spent much of this decade travelling, from Berlin to Paris via Weimar, then London and Scotland before work in Düsseldorf eventually led to his appointment as municipal musical director and conductor of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig. The Piano Sonata in E major and that in B flat major, and indeed the Phantasie (subtitled Sonate écossaise), owe some debt to Beethoven, but are also influenced by Weber, Hummel, and Moscheles (to whom the Phantasie was dedicated). The two shorter works (Scherzo à capriccio and Capriccio) perhaps show a more relaxed side of the composer, free from the constraints of sonata form. Liszt’s virtuosic re-working of themes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream completes the programme.

Born in Manchester in 1953, Peter Donohoe studied at Chetham’s School of Music for seven years, graduated in music from the University of Leeds, and went on to study at the Royal Northern College of Music with Derek Wyndham, and then in Paris with Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod. He is acclaimed as one of the foremost pianists of our time, for his musicianship, stylistic versatility, and commanding technique.

‘A great record, recommended without reservation. If further issues in this series maintain this standard, the final set will be very hard to beat.’
– Musical Opinion (Vol.1: CHAN20252)

‘Donohoe’s art of differentiation, his sensitive, nuanced and always wide-awake touch, his outstanding technique and art of phrasing make each of the small compositions a glittery bijou’ – Pizzicato (Vol.1: CHAN20252)

‘Served by a superlative sound recording, this admirable second volume of Songs without Words confirms the full success of the previous one. Its place is now at the very forefront of versions to be hoarded.’ – Crescendo (Vol.2: CHAN20267)

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