{"product_id":"complete-solo-piano-music-1-howard-shelley","title":"Mendelssohn: Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 1 - Howard Shelley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/officialTRACKLISTINGWITHWORLD_480x480.png?v=1668973528\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCapriccio in F sharp minor Op 5[6'05]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePiano Sonata in E major Op 6[23'36]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAllegretto con espressione[5'42]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTempo di menuetto[4'39]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAdagio e senza tempo[6'39]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMolto allegro e vivace[6'36]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSieben Charakterstücke Op 7[27'21]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo 1 in E minor: Sanft und mit Empfindung[3'50]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo 2 in B minor: Mit heftiger Bewegung[2'09]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo 3 in D major: Kräftig und feurig[3'41]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo 4 in A major: Schnell und beweglich[3'45]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo 5 in A major: Fuga, Ernst und mit steigender Lebhaftigkeit[7'08]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo 6 in E minor: Sehnsüchtig[3'25]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e12\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo 7 in E major: Leicht und luftig[3'23]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLieder ohne Worte I Op 19b[17'04]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo 1 in E major: Andante con moto[3'27]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e14\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo 2 in A minor: Andante espressivo[2'33]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo 3 in A major: Molto allegro e vivace[2'29]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e16\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo 4 in A major: Moderato[2'02]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e17\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo 5 in F sharp minor: Poco agitato[3'37]\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e18\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo 6 in G minor, 'Venetianisches Gondellied': Andante sostenuto[2'56]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/officialaboutthisrecordingsept2022_260376b5-eb7a-42ee-ab0a-6c164c3cdd1e_480x480.png?v=1668973678\" alt=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/officialaboutthisrecordingsept2022_260376b5-eb7a-42ee-ab0a-6c164c3cdd1e_480x480.png?v=1668973678\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHoward 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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMendelssohn 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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVolume 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hyperion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32311847780439,"sku":"034571179353","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/034571179353.png?v=1668977027","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/products\/complete-solo-piano-music-1-howard-shelley","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}