Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words- selections / Grieg: Lyric Pieces- selections

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words- selections / Grieg: Lyric Pieces- selections

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words- selections / Grieg: Lyric Pieces- selections
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Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Composer: Edvard Grieg
Performer: Walter Gieseking
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2001-04-03
Music Label: EMI Classics Imports
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Songs Without Words: Book 1, Op.19: No. 1 in E - Andante con moto
  2. Songs Without Words: Book 1, Op.19: No. 6 in G minor - Andante sostenuto (Venetian Gondola Song)
  3. Songs Without Words: Book 2, Op.30: No. 6 in F sharp minor Allegretto (Venetian Gondola Song)
  4. Songs Without Words: Book 2, Op.38: No. 4 in A - Andante
  5. Songs Without Words: Book 3, Op.38: No. 6 in A flat - Andante con moto (Duetto)
  6. Songs Without Words: Book 4, Op.53: No. 2 in E flat - Allegro non troppo
  7. Songs Without Word: Book 4, Op.53: No. 3 in G minor - Presto agitato
  8. Songs Without Words: Book 4, Op.53: No. 4 in F - Adagio
  9. Songs Without Words: No. 1 in G - Andante espressivo
  10. Songs Without Words: Book 5, Op.62: No. 5 in A minor - Andante (Venetian Gondola Song)
  11. Songs Without Words: Book 6, Op.67: No. 6 in A - Andante grazioso (Spring Song)
  12. Songs Without Words: Book 6, Op.67: No. 3 in B flat - Andante tranquillo
  13. Songs Without Words: Book 6, Op.67: No. 4 in C - Presto (Spinning Song -The Bee's Wedding)
  14. Songs Without Words: Book 7, Op.85: No. 4 in D - Andante sostenuto
  15. Songs Without Words: Book 7, Op.85: No. 6 in B flat - Allegretto con moto
  16. Book 8, Op.102: No. 3 in C - Presto
  17. Songs Without Words: Book 8, Op.102: No. 5 in A major - Allegro vivace (Piece for Children)
  18. Lyric Pieces: Book 1, Op.12: No. 2 Waltz
  19. Lyric Pieces: Book 1, Op12: No. 7 Album - leaf
  20. Lyric Pieces: Book 2, Op.38: No. 1 Cradle Song
  21. Lyric Pieces: Book 2, Op.38: No. 3 Melody
  22. Lyric Pieces: Book 3, Op.43: No. 1 Butterfly
  23. Lyric Pieces: Book 3, Op.43: No. 2 Lonely Wanderer
  24. Lyric Pieces: Book 3, Op.43: No. 3 In My Native Land
  25. Lyric Pieces: Book 3, Op.43: No. 4 Little Bird
  26. Lyric Pieces: Book 3, Op.43: No. 5 Erotic
  27. Lyric Pieces: Book 3, Op.43: No. 6 To the Spring
  28. Lyric Pieces: Book 4, Op.47: No. 2 Album-leaf
  29. Lyric Pieces: Book 4, Op.47: No. 3 Melody
  30. Lyric Pieces: Book 4, Op.47: No. 4 Norwegian Dance (Halling)
Music CD 2
  1. Lyric Pieces: Book 5, Op.54: No. 1 Shepherd Boy
  2. Lyric Pieces: Book 5, Op.54: No. 3 March Of TheDwarfs
  3. Lyric Pieces: Book 5, Op.54: No. 4 Notturno
  4. Lyric Pieces: Book 5, Op.54: No. 6 Bellringing
  5. Lyric Pieces: Book 6, Op.57: No. 6 Homesickness
  6. Lyric Pieces: Book 7, Op.62: No. 3 French Serenade
  7. Lyric Pieces: Book 7, Op.62: No. 5 Phantom
  8. Lyric Pieces: Book 7, Op.62: No. 6 Homeward
  9. Lyric Pieces: Book 8, Op.65: No. 1 From Days Of Youth
  10. Lyric Pieces: Book 8, Op.65: No. 2 Peasant's
  11. Lyric Pieces: Book 8, Op.65: No. 6 Wedding Day At Troldhaugen
  12. Lyric Pieces: Book 9, Op.68: No. 2 Grandmother's Minuet
  13. Lyric Pieces: Book 9, Op.68: No. 3 At Your Feet
  14. Lyric Pieces: Book 9, Op.68: No. 5 At The Cradle
  15. Lyric Pieces: Book 10, Op.71: No. 2 Summer Evening
  16. Book 10, Op.71: No. 3 Puck
  17. Lyric Pieces: Book 10, Op.71: No. 4 Peace Of The Woods
  18. Book 10, Op.71: No. 7 Remembrances
  19. Pictures From Life In The Country: No. 2 The Bridal Procession Passes
  20. Lyric Pieces: Book 3, Op.43: No. 1 Butterfly
  21. Lyric Pieces: Book 3, Op.43: No. 2 Lonely Wanderer
  22. Lyric Pieces: Book 3, Op.43: No. 4 Little Bird
  23. Lyric Pieces: Book 3, Op.43: No. 6 To the Spring
  24. Lyric Pieces: Book 9, Op.65: No. 6 Wedding Day at Troldaugen

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Free Music Review: Gieseking, Grieg, and Mendelssohn--a perfect match!
Hit: 5 Stars

This is it. If you love Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words and Grieg's Lyric Pieces (and what kind of a monster are you if you don't?), this is the gold standard. It ranks right up at the top along with Friedman, Magaloff, Doyen, Hansen, and Gilels.

I discovered Mendelssohn's lovely piano music via this very album back when I was 18. Gieseking's touch is, as always, a marvel. He envelops these works in his trademark velvet sonorities and is a master of pastel and chiaroscuro. His pedaling and phrasing in the second Venetian Song are truly a wonder. The haunting haze of overtones suggest a sense of mystery and ineffable longing often missing in more prosaic Mendelssohn recitals. Gieseking's way of shading and phrasing are spellbinding in the first piece of the opus 19 set. The soft arpeggios and warm bass notes impart a "once upon a time" quality to the music that is simply perfect. An enchanting start to a Mendelssohn recital that is all too short.

Gieseking left some very fine recordings of Grieg's Lyric Pieces back in the 78 RPM era (included on this set as an appendix), but these late 1950's era recordings are warmer and mellower. Not a bad thing in this repertoire. This recital is very slightly flawed by the omission of the opening Arietta. Why it was omitted is a mystery to me. It is listed as having been recorded by Gieseking at these sessions, but EMI has never published it. A shame. But everything else here is so splendid. As I said, these have a more autumnal glow than his 78's of some of this same material, but he can still rattle the windows in a knockout Wedding Day at Troldhaugen. Gieseking's wife counted Grieg as her favorite composer and it may be possible that Gieseking recorded this set as a tribute to his wife. She had passed away a few months prior to these recording sessions in a bus accident in which her husband was badly injured. These sessions are also the very last Gieseking completed. He would die soon after while recording a Beethoven sonata for a projected integral set. This double CD makes for a very worthy valedictory tribute to one of the 20th century's greatest musicians.

The sound is OK, but somewhat murky. Not one of EMI's best sound jobs. Just to compare, listen to the stunning sound RCA and Decca gave its pianists in the mid and late 1950's. It's too bad that we never got the chance to hear "hi-fi" Gieseking.

Inexplicably, EMI has deleted this set, though I believe reincarnations of it are available in Japan. Even more frustrating, EMI did not include it in their recent Gieseking box set. This is really a shame, though I don't expect any better from deletion-happy EMI. I took the extreme route and bought 4 copies of this set altogether. Just in case. Buy this set on Amazon now or hold your breath until EMI decides to re-release it. A gem of a recording that is truly one of the "great recordings of the century".
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