Mendelssohn: Organ Works

Schmitt, Christian

CPO 555 484-2

Felix Mendelssohn was a passionate organist. Whether in small churches or in majestic cathedrals – wherever he encountered one of these instruments, he had everything he needed. The complex pipe works enabled him to revel in the music of the past on the one hand, which was connected in a special way to the name and output of Johann Sebastian Bach, and on the other hand to let his own ideas have free reign just as his heart desired and to see what would come out of it. Christian Schmitt has recorded the results in impressive completeness on two instrumental works of art from Mendelssohn's time. Each of the three CDs contains two of the six sonatas, and also feature numerous miniatures with which the eternally young Felix mapped out his broad musical horizons.

Works:

CD 1

•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Sonata I in F Minor, op. 65 Nr. 1
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Praeludium in D Minor
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Praeludium III in D Minor, op. 37
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Andante con moto in G Minor
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Andante sostenuto in F Minor
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Fuga pro Organo pleno in D Minor
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Andante in D Major
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Nachspiel in D Major
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Fughetta in D Major
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Andante recitativo in F Minor
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Sonata Ii in C Minor, op. 65 Nr. 2
CD 2

•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Sonata Iii in D Major, op. 65 Nr. 3
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Andante in D Major
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Fuga in C Major
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Fuga in F Minor
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Allegro con brio in B Major
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Praeludium in C Minor
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Praeludium und Fuga II in G Major, op. 37
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Andante in F Major
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Sonata IV in B Major, op. 65 Nr. 4
CD 3

•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Sonata V in D Major, op. 65 Nr. 5
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Fuga in G Minor
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Fuga in E Minor
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Praeludium und Fuga I in C Minor, op. 37
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Passacaglia in C Minor
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Allegretto in D Minor
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Allegro in D Minor
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Andante rezitativo in F Minor
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Allegro in B Major
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Fuga in B Major
•Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:Sonata Vi in D Minor, op. 65 Nr. 6

SACD x 3

CPO

30.04.2024

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