On 13 June 1830 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy finished his Rondo Capriccioso. After the Leipzig publishers Hofmeister and Breitkopf & Härtel had refused to publish the work – probably because of the seemingly excessive fee demanded by the composer – the work eventually was published by Mechetti in Vienna and J. B. Cramer Addison & Beale in London almost at the same time. Originally intended as a study Mendelssohn revised the piece and added an andante introduction thus managing to create one of his most outstanding Piano works which has maintained an unfailing popularity until today. The new editionof the Vienna Urtext Edition is based on all extant sources with the first edition from London being of particular significance.

À la fin de l?été 1829 sur le chemin du retour de l?Écosse Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy passa quelques merveilleuses journées au pays de Galles au sein de la famille Taylor. Les «Trois fantaisies ou caprices op. 16» pour piano qu?il composa là-bas devaient d?ailleurs initialement s?appeler «Souvenirs» car chacune des trois pièces est dédiée à l?une des trois filles de cette famille anglaise. Les manuscrits autographes signés de sa main ont été conservés et utilisés au côté de nombreux autres manuscrits et des premières éditions pour élaborer la présente édition urtext. La préface détaillée cite des extraits de la correspondance du compositeur et évoque pour le lecteurl?atmosphère féerique de son séjour dans la campagne galloise révélant comment a pu y voir le jour «une troïka de pépites mélodieuses et riches sans être trop difficiles à jouer» ainsi que les décrivit la presse spécialisée au moment de leur parution chez Henle.

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Trios avec piano Editeur: Ernst Herttrich Doigtés: Klaus Schilde Après une ?uvre de jeunesse et un essai abandonné en 1831/32, Mendelssohn réussit enfin à s?imposer avec son Trio pour piano en ré mineur op. 49, dans ce genre important de musique de chambre, lequel sera suivi six ans plus tard du Trio en ut mineur op. 66. Schumann saisit l´occasion de la publication du premier trio pour appeler le compositeur «le Mozart du 19e siècle», en se référant apparemment aux mélanges d?éléments stylistiques classiques et romantiques. Le texte musical des deux fameux trios a été minutieusement révisé sur la base de l?état actuel de la recherche. Nous proposons en outre la partie de flûte (HN 1297) de la version alternative de l?op. 49 (flûte à la place du violon) arrangée par Mendelssohn lui-même.

Mendelssohn Concerto No. 1 in G Minor Op. 25. Performed by David Syme, piano Accompaniment: Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Emil Kahn Felix Mendelssohn's famous G-minor concerto is a showpiece which demonstrates the composer's pianistic brilliance. In three movements, it is one of the most revered concerti of the early Romantic Era. Lovely writing for the instrument abounds at every turn, and a thrilling finale makes for a great pianistic workout! Much of this concerto is of only moderate difficulty. Includes a printed music score and audio containing a complete version with soloist, in digitally remastered stereo, then a second recording of the orchestral accompaniment, minus the soloist for practice purposes. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK , a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.

6 Kinderstücke Opus 72-The „Charakterst?cke“ op. 7 and the „Kinderst?cke“ op. 72 are Mendelssohns most noticed piano pieces next to his songs without a word and the „ Variations s?rieuses “ op. 54. Robert Schumann mentioned

This lyric piano piece was given as a present to Fanny Mendelssohn by her brother Felix for her birthday in 1828; he wrote it down into her music notebook and she named it 'song without a word'. Such piano-songs as 'music that fulfills ones soul with

13 well-known original pieces in progressive order of difficulty with practical comments-At the piano with Mendelssohn everyone naturally thinks first of his wonderful Songs without Words from which we have chosen a varied selection here. But there are other pieces in this volume that are no less fascinating suchas several of his enchanting children’s pieces which belong alongside Robert Schumann’s Kinderszenen. In compositions such as the Prelude in f minor we can also discern the love that Mendelssohn the German Romantic bore for thepolyphony of J. S. Bach.

in Two Volumes-The second volume of the outstanding Breitkopf and Hartel edition of Mendelssohn's complete works for solo piano.

In addition to the existing Songs without Words HN327 Henle are now offering nearly all of Mendelssohn's Piano compositions in two new extensive Urtext volumes (HN860 and HN861). All of the works (see Contents) have beenmeticulously revised and extensive commentaries reflect the latest in scholarly research. Thus Henle are able to offer a comprehensive Urtext edition of Mendelssohn’s piano works that is unique in this form. It replaces theirprevious volume of selected piano works (HN 281).

Mendelssohn's lyrical Piano pieces Lieder ohne Worte [Songs without Words] are among the most popular of his compositions. Over 25 years Mendelssohn published his song-like melodies in 8 volumes altogether consisting of 6 pieces each. Accordingly the groups of works are now published in separate editions in the Edition Schott series.

Music Minus One Piano-As might be expected from this master composer and pianist Mendelssohn's D-major trio is graceful and pianistic the piano part integrated well with the strings. This is without a doubt one of the high-points in Romantic chamber music. Magical! Includes a complete high-quality printed music score and a compact disc containing a complete performance with soloist then performed again with accompaniments only minus you the soloist. Performed by Neill Eisenstein piano Accompaniment: The Classic Piano Trio

Bringing together eleven popular pieces by Mendelssohn under one cover. A great way to broaden the repertoire and familiarise yourself with a great piano writer.

The famous Wedding March scored here for for easy piano is from A Midsummer Night's Dream which Mendelssohn composed in his teens and then augmented in later years with full incidental music for Shakespeare'splay. Part of Chester Music's Easy Piano arrangements this accessible version is ideal for the young piano student.