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Mendelssohn Songs Without Words Alpenheim [kosciusko]
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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Songs Without Words
Felix Mendelssohn (Composer), Ilse von Alpenheim (Performer)
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# Performer: Ilse von Alpenheim
# Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
# Audio CD (February 15, 1994)
# SPARS Code: ADD
# Number of Discs: 2
# Label: Philips 438 709
# ASIN: B00000417E
mp3 @ 192kb/s
Mendelssohn composed eight sets of "Songs without Words", each consisting of six pieces, over a course of 12 years (1835, 1837, 1841, 1844, 1845, and two posthumously published sets in 1847). These works are romantic miniatures, characterized by their lyricism (the title of "songs" is apt), elegance, polish, grace, and imagination. Each piece is intended to capture for the listener a specific mood or emotion; they are of the type of romantic piano music sometimes referred to as a "character" piece, as are the individual sections of Schumann's Carnaval and Scenes from Childhood, Scubert's Impromptus, and Moments Musicaux, and much of Chopin. Many of the pieces in the collection have acquired nicknames over the years, but Mendelssohn himself only gave titles to five: the three "Venetian Boat Songs", the "Duetto", opus 38 no. 6, and the "folksong", opus 53 no. 5.