Felix Mendelssohn's Lieder ohne Worte (Songs Without Words), comprising 8 volumes and 48 individual works, are delightful solo piano miniatures that, although not so intended by the composer in most instances, have come to embody certain descriptive characteristics of people, places or things with the help of publisher's attaching names to some after-the-fact. Michael Endres award-winning (Diapason d'or; Choc du Musique) discography is an extensive one, amounting to 30 albums; for OehmsClassics he has recorded works of Schumann, Schubert, Weber, Ravel and Gershwin, among others.

Tracklist:

Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 1, Op. 19b: No. 1 In E Major, Op. 19b, No. 1, Mwv U86
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 1, Op. 19b: No. 2 In A Minor, Op. 19b, No. 2, Mwv U80
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 1, Op. 19b: No. 3 In A Major, Op. 19b, No. 3, Mwv U89, "Jagerlied"
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 1, Op. 19b: No. 4 In A Major, Op. 19b, No. 4, Mwv U73
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 1, Op. 19b: No. 5 In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 19b, No. 5, Mwv U90
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 1, Op. 19b: No. 6 In G Minor, Op. 19b, No. 6, Mwv U78, "Venezianisches Gondellied"
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 2, Op. 30: No. 7 In E-Flat Major, Op. 30, No. 1, Mwv U103
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 2, Op. 30: No. 8 In B-Flat Minor, Op. 30, No. 2, Mwv U77
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 2, Op. 30: No. 9 In E Major, Op. 30, No. 3, Mwv U104
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 2, Op. 30: No. 10 In B Minor, Op. 30, No. 4, Mwv U98
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 2, Op. 30: No. 11 In D Major, Op. 30, No. 5, Mwv U97
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 2, Op. 30: No. 12 In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 30, No. 6, Mwv U110, "Venezianisches Gondellied"
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 3, Op. 38: No. 13 In E-Flat Major, Op. 38, No. 1, Mwv U121
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 3, Op. 38: No. 14 In C Minor, Op. 38, No. 2, Mwv U115
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 3, Op. 38: No. 15 In E Major, Op. 38, No. 3, Mwv U107
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 3, Op. 38: No. 16 In A Major, Op. 38, No. 4, Mwv U120
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 3, Op. 38: No. 17 In A Minor, Op. 38, No. 5, Mwv U137
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 3, Op. 38: No. 18 In A-Flat Major, Op. 38, No. 6, Mwv U119, "Duetto"
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 4, Op. 53: No. 19 In A-Flat Major, Op. 53, No. 1, Mwv U143
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 4, Op. 53: No. 20 In E-Flat Major, Op. 53, No. 2, Mwv U109
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 4, Op. 53: No. 21 In G Minor, Op. 53, No. 3, Mwv U144
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 4, Op. 53: No. 22 In F Major, Op. 53, No. 4, Mwv U114
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 4, Op. 53: No. 23 In A Minor, Op. 53, No. 5, Mwv U153, "Volkslied"
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 4, Op. 53: No. 24 In A Major, Op. 53, No. 6, Mwv U154
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 5, Op. 62: No. 25 In G Major, Op. 62, No. 1, Mwv U185
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 5, Op. 62: No. 26 In B-Flat Major, Op. 62, No. 2, Mwv U181
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 5, Op. 62: No. 27 In E Minor, Op. 62, No. 3, Mwv U177, "Trauermarsch"
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 5, Op. 62: No. 28 In G Major, Op. 62, No. 4, Mwv U175
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 5, Op. 62: No. 29 In A Minor, Op. 62, No. 5, Mwv U151, "Venezianisches Gondellied"
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 5, Op. 62: No. 30 In A Major, Op. 62, No. 6, Mwv U161, "Fruhlingslied" (Spring Song)
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 6, Op. 67: No. 31 In E-Flat Major, Op. 67, No. 1, Mwv U180
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 6, Op. 67: No. 32 In F-Sharp Minor, Op. 67, No. 2, Mwv U145
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 6, Op. 67: No. 33 In B-Flat Major, Op. 67, No. 3, Mwv U102
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 6, Op. 67: No. 34 In C Major, Op. 67, No. 4, Mwv U182, "Spinnerlied"
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 6, Op. 67: No. 35 In B Minor, Op. 67, No. 5, Mwv U184
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 6, Op. 67: No. 36 In E Major, Op. 67, No. 6, Mwv U188
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 7, Op. 85: No. 37 In F Major, Op. 85, No. 1, Mwv U189
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 7, Op. 85: No. 38 In A Minor, Op. 85, No. 2, Mwv U101
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 7, Op. 85: No. 39 In E-Flat Major, Op. 85, No. 3, Mwv U111
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 7, Op. 85: No. 40 In D Major, Op. 85, No. 4, Mwv U190
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 7, Op. 85: No. 41 In A Major, Op. 85, No. 5, Mwv U191
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 7, Op. 85: No. 42 In B-Flat Major, Op. 85, No. 6, Mwv U155
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 8, Op. 102: No. 43 In E Minor, Op. 102, No. 1, Mwv U162
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 8, Op. 102: No. 44 In D Major, Op. 102, No. 2, Mwv U192
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 8, Op. 102: No. 45 In C Major, Op. 102, No. 3, Mwv U195
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 8, Op. 102: No. 46 In G Minor, Op. 102, No. 4, Mwv U152
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 8, Op. 102: No. 47 In A Major, Op. 102, No. 5, Mwv U194, "Kinderstuck"
Lieder Ohne Worte, Book 8, Op. 102: No. 48 In C Major, Op. 102, No. 6, Mwv U172

UPC: 4260034864528
Label: Oehms
Release Date: 10.9.15
Format: CD

Mendelssohn / Michael Endres - Songs Without Words (2 CD)