Denitsa Kazakova, Sylviane Deferne, Orchestre des Jeunes de la Suisse Romande
AP348 - 2CD - 118' - Sep 27, 2024
Denitsa Kazakova and Sylviane Deferne have recorded the first complete works for violin and piano by Mendelssohn, including a previously unpublished Andante, as well as his Concerto for violin and piano, composed when he was 14.
Violin and piano were close to Mendelssohn's heart throughout his life, and the composer brought them together from his earliest years. The complete works for both instruments recorded here, a mixture of early and mature pieces, are fascinating in many ways. It bears witness to Mendelssohn's formative years, while at the same time allowing us to glimpse the development of an exceptional musical sensibility. Although the latter is well known, listening to the sublime, melancholy delicacy of the Sonata in F minor, MWV Q12, or the facetiousness of the Concerto for violin and piano, one is still surprised by the expressive maturity and artistry of a Mendelssohn who was barely 14.
Accompanied with freshness and vitality by the Orchestre des Jeunes de la Suisse romande, Sylviane Deferne and Denitsa Kazakova offer all the conviction and brio demanded by this rare complete work for violin and piano by Mendelssohn
FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY
CD1
Composition Exercises from the 1820s
1. Violin Sonata in D minor MWV Q9
2. Prelude in D minor & Fugue in G minor MWV Z1 (Übungsbuch bei Zelter), No. 97
3. Minuet in G major MWV Q8
4. Untitled piece in G minor MWV Z1 (Übungsbuch bei Zelter), No. 104
5. Andante in D minor MWV Q4
6. Fugue in D minor MWV Q5
Violin Sonata in F major MWV Q7
7. I. Allegro
8. II. Andante
9. III. Presto
Violin Sonata in F minor Op. 4, MWV Q12
10. I. Adagio – Allegro moderato
11. II. Poco adagio
12. III. Allegro agitato
Violin Sonata in D minor MWV Q18
13. Adagio – Allegro molto
Violin Sonata in F major MWV Q26
14. I. Allegro vivace
15. II. Adagio
16. III. Assai vivace
CD2
Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings in D minor MWV O4
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Adagio
3. III. Allegro molto
[ENCORE]
4. Lieder ohne Worte op. 62 no. 1: Andante espressivo MWV U185
trans. for violin and piano by Fritz Kreisler
