℗ 2013 Hyperion Records Limited
Released | July 28, 2023 |
Originated | February 24, 2013 |
Duration | 1h 14m 06s |
Record Label | Hyperion |
Genre | Classical |
Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Op. 19b; Pieces Op. 5-7 (The Complete Solo Piano Music 1)
Howard Shelley
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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Capriccio in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 5
Felix Mendelssohn; Howard Shelley |
6:05 | |||
Piano Sonata in E Major, Op. 6
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1.2
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I. Allegretto con espressione
Felix Mendelssohn; Howard Shelley |
5:42 | |||
1.3
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II. Tempo di menuetto
Felix Mendelssohn; Howard Shelley |
4:39 | |||
1.4
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III. Adagio e senza tempo
Felix Mendelssohn; Howard Shelley |
6:39 | |||
1.5
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IV. Molto allegro e vivace
Felix Mendelssohn; Howard Shelley |
6:36 | |||
7 Charakterstücke, Op. 7
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1.6
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No. 1 in E Minor. Sanft und mit Empfindung, MWV U56
Felix Mendelssohn; Howard Shelley |
3:50 | |||
1.7
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No. 2 in B Minor. Mit heftiger Bewegung, MWV U 44
Felix Mendelssohn; Howard Shelley |
2:09 | |||
1.8
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No. 3 in D Major. Kräftig und feurig, MWV U 59
Felix Mendelssohn; Howard Shelley |
3:41 | |||
1.9
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No. 4 in A Major. Schnell und beweglich, MWV U 55
Felix Mendelssohn; Howard Shelley |
3:45 | |||
1.10
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No. 5 in A Major. Fuga, Ernst und mit steigender Lebhaftigkeit, MWV U 60
Felix Mendelssohn; Howard Shelley |
7:08 | |||
1.11
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No. 6 in E Minor. Sehnsüchtig, MWV U 61
Felix Mendelssohn; Howard Shelley |
3:25 | |||
1.12
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No. 7 in E Major. Leicht und luftig, MWV U 62
Felix Mendelssohn; Howard Shelley |
3:23 | |||
Lieder ohne Worte I, Op. 19b
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1.13
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No. 1 in E Major. Andante con moto, MWV U86
Felix Mendelssohn; Howard Shelley |
3:27 | |||
1.14
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No. 2 in A Minor. Andante espressivo, MWV U80
Felix Mendelssohn; Howard Shelley |
2:33 | |||
1.15
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No. 3 in A Major. Molto allegro e vivace, MWV U89
Felix Mendelssohn; Howard Shelley |
2:29 | |||
1.16
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No. 4 in A Major. Moderato, MWV U73
Felix Mendelssohn; Howard Shelley |
2:02 | |||
1.17
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No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor. Poco agitato, MWV U90
Felix Mendelssohn; Howard Shelley |
3:37 | |||
1.18
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No. 6 in G Minor, Andante sostenuto "Venetianisches Gondellied", MWV U78
Felix Mendelssohn; Howard Shelley |
2:56 | |||
Digital Booklet
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"Immaculate, lightly-pedalled brilliance, unfaltering stylistic assurance, warmth and flexibility … Hyperion's sound and presentation complement Shelley's admirable performances."
- Gramophone
Howard Shelley is acclaimed as the living master of early Romantic piano music. So much of this music was ignored throughout the twentieth century that there is still a sense of discovery at each new recording. Shelley here presents the first instalment of a six-volume set of Mendelssohn’s complete solo piano music—perhaps the least well-known part of the composer’s repertoire.
Mendelssohn composed or began nearly two hundred works for piano. Nevertheless, he saw only about seventy through the press, released in seventeen opera from the Capriccio Op 5 (1825) to the sixth volume of the Lieder ohne Worte Op 67 (1845). Some twenty-five additional pieces appeared posthumously in eleven additional opera. The remainder, whether fully drafted or fragmentary, were left to his musical estate or have disappeared.
Volume 1 includes Opp 5, 6, and 7, the first three piano compositions Mendelssohn published between 1825 and 1827, as well as Op 19b, the first volume of his Lieder ohne Worte, released in 1832.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Hyperion Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -4.39 -10.27 to -0.24 | -26.89 -35.35 to -21.47 | -23.65 -31.80 to -18.10 | 14 12 to 15 | |
1 | Capriccio in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 5 | -0.98 | -22.46 | -19.6 | 14 |
2 | I. Allegretto con espressione | -4.05 | -26.54 | -23.3 | 14 |
3 | II. Tempo di menuetto | -3.07 | -27.06 | -24.0 | 15 |
4 | III. Adagio e senza tempo | -2.42 | -27.14 | -22.4 | 14 |
5 | IV. Molto allegro e vivace | -1.36 | -22.33 | -19.1 | 13 |
6 | No. 1 in E Minor. Sanft und mit Empfindung, MWV U56 | -10.27 | -32.45 | -29.3 | 13 |
7 | No. 2 in B Minor. Mit heftiger Bewegung, MWV U 44 | -2.77 | -23.06 | -20.2 | 13 |
8 | No. 3 in D Major. Kräftig und feurig, MWV U 59 | -2.36 | -23.03 | -20.3 | 13 |
9 | No. 4 in A Major. Schnell und beweglich, MWV U 55 | -2.96 | -24.67 | -21.7 | 13 |
10 | No. 5 in A Major. Fuga, Ernst und mit steigender Lebhaftigkeit, MWV U 60 | -1.08 | -23.05 | -20.2 | 14 |
11 | No. 6 in E Minor. Sehnsüchtig, MWV U 61 | -6.75 | -32.63 | -29.6 | 15 |
12 | No. 7 in E Major. Leicht und luftig, MWV U 62 | -8.48 | -28.73 | -25.8 | 14 |
13 | No. 1 in E Major. Andante con moto, MWV U86 | -6.06 | -29.08 | -25.9 | 14 |
14 | No. 2 in A Minor. Andante espressivo, MWV U80 | -10.25 | -31.26 | -28.3 | 12 |
15 | No. 3 in A Major. Molto allegro e vivace, MWV U89 | -0.62 | -21.47 | -18.1 | 12 |
16 | No. 4 in A Major. Moderato, MWV U73 | -5.47 | -28.43 | -24.0 | 12 |
17 | No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor. Poco agitato, MWV U90 | -0.24 | -25.24 | -22.1 | 15 |
18 | No. 6 in G Minor, Andante sostenuto "Venetianisches Gondellied", MWV U78 | -9.80 | -35.35 | -31.8 | 13 |