Felicitous Felix

Reviewing expected pleasures and uncovering unexpected treasures amidst the important works of Felix Mendelssohn.

Program Broadcast dates:

• May 12, 1997

Music played in the program

MENDELSSOHN: Sonata No. 1 in F, Op. 65 (1st movement) –Thomas Murray (1854 Hook/First Congregational Society, Jamaica Plain, MA) Raven OAR-390

MENDELSSOHN: Sonata No. 1 in f (early version) –Rudolf Innig (1910 Klais/Saint Stephanus Church, Beckum, Germany) Dabringhaus & Grimm CD-3488

MENDELSSOHN: Motet, Veni Domine, Op. 39 –Louis Robilliard, organ (with the Saratov Philharmonic Chorus and Maîtrise de la Loire) REM CD-311275

MENDELSSOHN: Motet, Surrexit pastor bonus –American Boychoir, James Litton, conductor; Thomas Goeman (1934 Aeolian-Skinner/Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ) OCASO CD-006  

MENDELSSOHN: Sonata No. 4 in B-flat, Op. 65 (a collegial performance)
–(1st movement) John Stansell (1988 Kuhn/Justinuskirche, Frankfurt-Höchst, Germany) Vogt Quality Recordings CD-2066  ;
–(2nd movement) Hans Fagius (1975 Christensen/Domkyrkan Härnösand, Sweden) Bis 2CD-156/7;
–(3rd movement) Hans Jurgen Kaiser (1932 Klais/Sacred Heart Church, Ludwigshafen, Germany) RBM CD-463 186;
–(4th movement) John Scott (1872 Willis; 1992 Mander/St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England, UK) Hyperion 2CD-66491/2

MENDELSSOHN: Allegro in B-flat (1844) –John Scott (1872 Willis; 1992 Mander/St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England, UK) Hyperion 2CD-66491/2

MENDELSSOHN: Prelude & Fugue in d, Op. 35, no. 3 –Raphaele Garreau de Labarre (1969 Kern/Saint Maximin de Thionville, France) K617 CD-018; MENDELSSOHN (trans. Bossert): Fugue in D, Op. 35, no.2; Prelude in B-flat, Op. 35, no. 6; Fugue in f, Op. 35, no. 5 –Christoph Bossert (1850 Schönach/Church of St. Peter & Paul, Kastelruth [Castelrotto], Italy) Intercord CD-830.860

Filler - MENDELSSOHN (transcribed Bossert) Fugue in B-flat, Op. 35, no. 6 (see above)

 

NOTE: The world of music observes the 150th anniversary of the death of Felix Mendelssohn on May 14, 1997.