The first 12 seconds or so really gets me where I live! And the rest of it is moving/emotive as well. Enjoy.
Gondellied in A major “Barcarole”
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Mendelssohn
Talk about seas. This one really floats my boat
Partial calm sea
After a long absence from the site – I’m back! I want to share with you this wonderful piece by Mendelssohn which I heard for the first time a few days ago. It was played on the radio station where I present a classical program. The other fellow who does a Classical Music program played it on his show. I immediately went shopping to find it! The same recording he played: (Deutsche Grammophon) With Martha Argerich on piano and Gidon Kremer on violin. Fantastic piece of music.
Hans (the other presenter) introduced the piece saying that Mendelssohn wrote it when he was 14; and that when he presented it to his teacher, the teacher made a remark along the lines of now Felix could join the ranks of Mozart and other greats. It’s really hard to imagine the emotional depth shown in the second movement coming from a 14 years old! (actually he may have been 13 if the Wikipedia article is correct)
Here is the Wikipedia article about the piece.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerto_for_Violin_and_Strings_%28Mendelssohn%29
Here are the three movements from Felix Mendelssohn’s Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra in D minor
It’s a beautiful instrument isn’t it?
Tchaikovsky Clarinet concerto Moderato
Mendelssohn Concert Piece in D minor for Clarinet, Basset-horn and piano Opus 114 Andante
Mendelssohn clarinet
Stravinsky 3 pieces for Solo Clarinet piece no. 1
Stravinsky clarinet
Saint Saens Clarinet sonata in E flat major op. 167 Allegretto
Saint Saens clarinet
Louis Spohr Clarinet concerto no. 4 in E minor Larghetto
Spohr clarinet
LONG PLAYING SELECTIONS Mendelssohn Piano
Mendelssohn Long Play (Lieder Ohne Worte)
Posted on December 16, 2009Lieder Ohne Worte – Songs without words. A series for solo piano Mendelssohn wrote over various periods in his life. I find them incredibly simple and straightforward in their emotional expression. Clear, uncomplicated and easy to digest! Mendelssohn himself resisted attempts to interpret the works too literally, or add words to the pieces to make songs; and he had this to say:
What the music I love expresses to me, is not thought too indefinite to put into words, but on the contrary, too definite. {Mendelssohn’s own italics}
Hmmm … sounds pretty Zen to me! Here are 9 pieces from the series. (the first number is the Opus number and after the / is the number of the piece within that opus)
(Opus 85 / #4) – (67 / 1) (30 / 1) (The third piece approx. 6 minutes in just blows me away! I love it. It also appears in another Mendelssohn post on this site) (30 / 3) (30 / 6) (67 / 6) (62 / 5) (67 / 2) and finally 19 / 3 (called Jagerlied (“Hunting Song” – powerful stuff!)
Mendelssohn Long Play
I love this piece ... but Mendelssohn Piano
I love this piece … but what is it about?
Posted on December 24, 2007Mendelssohn’s Op 030 no. 1 in E flat major / Andante Expressivo From his series Lieder Ohne Worte (songs without words) Which exalted emotion is expressed here? Joy? Contemplation of Nature? What? A great recommendation of Mendelssohn is that Hitler banned his work.
Songs without Words Op- 030 No- 1 In E Flat Major – Andante Espressivo
Beethoven Brahms Chopin Liszt Mendelssohn My personal bias - emotionally moving piano Piano Rachmaninoff
My Personal Bias – emotionally moving piano
Posted on December 23, 2007A selection of solo piano pieces that fit my bias … Dreamy, melancholy, peaceful or joyously uplifting.
Here is a handful of the pianos ‘Master Composers.’ (*this bias is due no doubt to the neural imprinting from birth – of my father’s Chopin blasting!) SEE : ABOUT ME on right hand panel
Rachmaninoff prelude in D major op. 23 no. 4
Liszt – Un Sospiro (Italian for “a sigh” – although there is some doubt Liszt ever sanctioned or used this title!) It’s the third of Liszt’s trois etudes de concert.
un-sospiro
Mendelssohn op 053 no. 2 from his series Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without words)
Another from the series: op 019 no. 3 in A Major “Jagerlied”
Another from the series: op 019 no. 3 in A Major “Jagerlied”
Brahms’ Waltz – op. 39 / 15 in A flat major
Beethoven piano sonata 8 – adagio cantibile [listen]
Chopin Nocturne op. 15 in F sharp