Felix Mendelssohn

Mendelssohn - The Organ Works (I)

…the first of several program that explore the known and unknown music of this great early 19th century musician.

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of September 08, 1986

Links and Resources:

• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

Part I

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Prelude & Fugue in c, Op. 37, no. 1 (1837) –Martin Haselböck (1974 Rieger/Admont Monastery, Austria) Pape LP-203

MENDELSSOHN: Prelude in c (1841) –Max Miller (1971 C.B. Fisk/Old West Church, Boston. MA) MHS LP-3731

MENDELSSOHN: Prelude & Fugue in G, Op. 37, no. 2 (1837) –John Rose (1970 Beckerath/Lyman Concert Hall, Pomona College, Claremont, CA) Towerhill T-1002

MENDELSSOHN: Prelude in d (1820); Fugue in d (1820) –Wolfgang Rübsam (Metzler/Dietikon, Switzerland) Cornucopia Magna CM-1021

Part II

MENDELSSOHN: Prelude & Fugue in d, Op. 37. No. 3 (1837) –Peter Hurford (1978 Rieger/Ratzeburg Cathedral, Germany) Argo CD-414.420

MENDELSSOHN: Andante & Variations (1844) –Thomas Murray (1857 Simmons/Holy Redeemer Church, Boston, MA) Sheffield S-18

MENDELSSOHN: Fugue in d (1821) –Wolfgang Rübsam (Metzler/Dietikon, Switzerland) Cornucopia Magna CM-1020

Part III

MENDELSSOHN: Sonata in f, Op. 65, no. 1 (1845) –E. Power Biggs (1872 Willis; 1992 Mander/St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England, UK) Columbia MS-6087