Felix Mendelssohn was an excellent pianist and could have been a leading soloist. His financial independence allowed him to dedicate himself to composing, however, and the importance of his works in the history of musical Romanticism is beyond question. The Fantasy on 'The Last Rose of Summer' has the nature of a dreamy Irish ballad, while the Trois Fantaisies ou Caprices was considered by Mendelssohn to be 'three of my best piano pieces'. The blend of the tradition of Bach and technical complexity in the Variations sÃ©rieuses is one of the composer's most admired works for piano, rounding out an album of repertoire that reveals some of the most original characteristics of Mendelssohn's art

Tracklist:

Fantasia on The Last Rose of Summer, Op. 15 [07:45]
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Andante con moto - Allegro vivace, MWV U70 [05:11]
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Scherzo in E Minor, MWV U71 [02:40]
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Andante, MWV U72 [04:10]
I. Con moto agitato: Andante [05:16]
II. Allegro con moto [02:42]
III. Presto [06:25]
Caprice No. 1 in A Minor, MWV U99 [08:50]
Caprice No. 2 in E Major, MWV U112 [09:26]
Caprice No. 3 in B-Flat Minor, MWV U95 [07:55]
Variations in E flat major, Op. 82, MWV U158 [08:17]

UPC: 8007144080051
Label: Dynamic
Release Date: 10.20.23
Format: CD

Mendelssohn / Lee - Fantasies Caprices Variations (CD)