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Title: Mendelssohn: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 3
Artist: Peter Donohoe
Label: Chandos
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 0095115234723
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2026-04-24
Number of Discs: 1
All the works recorded here were composed between 1825 and 1835, when Mendelssohn was aged between sixteen and twenty-six. He spent much of this decade travelling, from Berlin to Paris via Weimar, then London and Scotland before work in Dusseldorf eventually led to his appointment as municipal musical director and conductor of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig. The Piano Sonata in E major and that in B flat major, and indeed the Phantasie (subtitled Sonate ecossaise), owe some debt to Beethoven, but are also influenced by Weber, Hummel, and Moscheles (to whom the Phantasie was dedicated). The two shorter works (Scherzo à capriccio and Capriccio) perhaps show a more relaxed side of the composer, free from the constraints of sonata form. Liszt's virtuosic re-working of themes from A Midsummer Night's Dream completes the programme. Born in Manchester in 1953, Peter Donohoe studied at Chetham's School of Music for seven years, graduated in music from the University of Leeds, and went on to study at the Royal Northern College of Music with Derek Wyndham, and then in Paris with Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod. He is acclaimed as one of the foremost pianists of our time, for his musicianship, stylistic versatility, and commanding technique.
Tracks:
1.1 Scherzo À Capriccio, Woo 3, MWV U 113 in F Sharp minor for Piano
1.2 Phantasie, Op. 28, MWV U 92 in F Sharp minor for Piano
1.3 Capriccio, Op. 5, MWV U 50 in F Sharp minor for Piano
1.4 Sonata, Op. 6, MWV U 54 in E Major for Piano-Allegretto Con Espressione -
1.5 Sonata, Op. 6, MWV U 54 in E Major for Piano-Tempo Di Menuetto - Più Vivace - L'istesso Tempo -
1.6 Sonata, Op. 6, MWV U 54 in E Major for Piano-Adagio E Senza Tempo. Recitativo - Andante - Allegretto Con Espressione - Recitativo - Andante - Allegretto Come Prima -
1.7 Sonata, Op. 6, MWV U 54 in E Major for Piano-Molto Allegro E Vivace - Allegro Con Fuoco - Allegretto Con Espressione
1.8 Sonata, Op. Post. 106, MWV U 64 in B Flat Major for Piano-Allegro Vivace
1.9 Sonata, Op. Post. 106, MWV U 64 in B Flat Major for Piano-Scherzo. Allegro Non Troppo
1.10 Sonata, Op. Post. 106, MWV U 64 in B Flat Major for Piano-Andante Quasi Allegretto - Allegro Molto
1.11 Sonata, Op. Post. 106, MWV U 64 in B Flat Major for Piano-Allegro Moderato - Allegro Non Troppo - Tempo
1.12 Concertparaphrase Über Mendelssohns Hochzeitsmarsch Und Elfenreigen, S 410 for Piano
Artist: Peter Donohoe
Label: Chandos
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 0095115234723
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2026-04-24
Number of Discs: 1
All the works recorded here were composed between 1825 and 1835, when Mendelssohn was aged between sixteen and twenty-six. He spent much of this decade travelling, from Berlin to Paris via Weimar, then London and Scotland before work in Dusseldorf eventually led to his appointment as municipal musical director and conductor of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig. The Piano Sonata in E major and that in B flat major, and indeed the Phantasie (subtitled Sonate ecossaise), owe some debt to Beethoven, but are also influenced by Weber, Hummel, and Moscheles (to whom the Phantasie was dedicated). The two shorter works (Scherzo à capriccio and Capriccio) perhaps show a more relaxed side of the composer, free from the constraints of sonata form. Liszt's virtuosic re-working of themes from A Midsummer Night's Dream completes the programme. Born in Manchester in 1953, Peter Donohoe studied at Chetham's School of Music for seven years, graduated in music from the University of Leeds, and went on to study at the Royal Northern College of Music with Derek Wyndham, and then in Paris with Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod. He is acclaimed as one of the foremost pianists of our time, for his musicianship, stylistic versatility, and commanding technique.
Tracks:
1.1 Scherzo À Capriccio, Woo 3, MWV U 113 in F Sharp minor for Piano
1.2 Phantasie, Op. 28, MWV U 92 in F Sharp minor for Piano
1.3 Capriccio, Op. 5, MWV U 50 in F Sharp minor for Piano
1.4 Sonata, Op. 6, MWV U 54 in E Major for Piano-Allegretto Con Espressione -
1.5 Sonata, Op. 6, MWV U 54 in E Major for Piano-Tempo Di Menuetto - Più Vivace - L'istesso Tempo -
1.6 Sonata, Op. 6, MWV U 54 in E Major for Piano-Adagio E Senza Tempo. Recitativo - Andante - Allegretto Con Espressione - Recitativo - Andante - Allegretto Come Prima -
1.7 Sonata, Op. 6, MWV U 54 in E Major for Piano-Molto Allegro E Vivace - Allegro Con Fuoco - Allegretto Con Espressione
1.8 Sonata, Op. Post. 106, MWV U 64 in B Flat Major for Piano-Allegro Vivace
1.9 Sonata, Op. Post. 106, MWV U 64 in B Flat Major for Piano-Scherzo. Allegro Non Troppo
1.10 Sonata, Op. Post. 106, MWV U 64 in B Flat Major for Piano-Andante Quasi Allegretto - Allegro Molto
1.11 Sonata, Op. Post. 106, MWV U 64 in B Flat Major for Piano-Allegro Moderato - Allegro Non Troppo - Tempo
1.12 Concertparaphrase Über Mendelssohns Hochzeitsmarsch Und Elfenreigen, S 410 for Piano
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