Isata Kanneh-Mason Explores Mendelssohn on 2LP.
‘Mendelssohn’ explores 3 facets of one of the most famous names in classical music: the glittering Piano Concerto No.1 by Felix with the London Mozart Players; the long-lost ‘Easter Sonata’ by his sister Fanny, as well as transcriptions by other composers of Mendelssohn’s most famous music. In 2024, Isata featured in the critically acclaimed film The Other Mendelssohn, exploring the life of the exceptionally talented but overlooked Fanny Mendelssohn, later Fanny Hensel. In the film, they uncover the fact that the Easter Sonata, a piece lost for 150 years, was in fact written by Fanny, not Felix. Isata was the first artist to perform the work attributed to the correct composer. 2 LP set.
“It was important to me when making a Mendelssohn album to include both Fanny and Felix. It's only in the last few decades that we've started to hear what Fanny was composing – it's amazing music, and I'm glad to be playing it.” – Isata Kanneh-Mason.
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SIDE A:
1. Piano
Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25: I. Molto allegro con fuoco
2. Piano
Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25: II. Andante
SIDE B:
3. Piano
Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25: III. Presto – Molto allegro e vivace
4. A Midsummer
Night's Dream, Op. 61: Scherzo (Transcr. Rachmaninoff for Piano)
5. A Midsummer
Night's Dream, Op. 61: Nocturne (Transcr. Moszkowski for Piano)
6. Mendelssohns
Lieder, S. 547: I. Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (After Op. 34/2)
SIDE C:
7. Lieder ohne
Worte VI, Op. 67: II. Allegro leggiero, MWV U145 "Lost Illusions"
8. Lieder ohne
Worte VI, Op. 67: VI. Allegretto non troppo, MWV U188 "Cradle Song"
9. Notturno in
G Minor, H-U 337
10. I. Allegro
assai moderato
11. II. Largo e
molto espresso – Poco più mosso
SIDE D:
12. III.
Scherzo. Allegretto
13. IV. Allegro
con strepito
