Daniel Barenboim Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte (Songs Without Words) (3 LP)

Complete "Songs Without Words" Cycle from the '70s on Limited Edition 180g 3LP!
Coinciding with Daniel Barenboim's 80th birthday on November 15, 2022, this beautiful limited 3LP edition of his recording of Mendelssohn's complete cycle of "Songs Without Words" from the 1970s is released in the original artwork of the LP box set of that time as well as with the texts of the edition that was highly praised by the press even then; FonoForum 7/1986: "Daniel Barenboim's recording shows the qualities of his piano playing, unchanged to this day; the melodicism develops uninhibitedly yet vividly, the 'tone' has conciseness while being reasonably flexible; everything flows, rarely is anything brushed against the grain."
Just in time for Daniel Barenboim's 80th birthday on November 15, this beautiful limited edition of 3 vinyl of his recording of Mendelssohn's complete cycle of "Songs without Words" from the 70s will be released in the original artwork of the LP box set at the time as well as with the lyrics of the edition of that time, which was already highly praised by the press at the time: "Daniel Barenboim's recording shows the qualities of his piano playing, which have remained unchanged to this day; the melody develops in a relaxed yet vivid manner, the ›tone‹ has conciseness and is reasonably flexible; everything flows, rarely is anything brushed against the grain." - Fono Forum
"Prize of the Belgian Music Press"

Features:

• Limited Edition
• 180g Vinyl
• Triple LP
• Gatefold Jacket
• Faithfully Reproduced Artwork
• Reprint of the Original Booklet from 1974
• Made in Germany

Musicians:

• Daniel Barenboim, piano

Selections:

Side A
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Lieder Ohne Worte/Songs Without Words, Op.19
1. Op.19b (MWV SD 5) with "Hunting Song", "Venetian Gondola Song"
2. Op.30 Nos.1-3 (MWV SD9)
Side B
1. Op.30 Nos.4-6 (MWV SD 9) with "Venetian Gondola Song"
2. Op.38 Nos.1-6 (MWV SD 16) with "Duetto"
Side C
1. Op.53 Nos.1-6 (MWV SD 23) with "Folk Song"
2. Op.62 Nos.1-3 (MWV SD 29) with "Funeral March"
Side D
1. Op.62 Nos.4-6 (MWV SD 29) with "Venetian Gondola Song", "Spring Song"
2. Op.67 Nos.1-6 (MWV SD 32) with "Spinning Song"
Side E
1. Op.85 Nos.1-6 (MWV SD 46)
2. Op.102 Nos.1-6 (MWV SD 54)
Side F
1. 6 Pieces for Children Op.72 (MWV SD 36)
2. Gondola Song in A major (MWV U 136)
3. 2 Piano Pieces WoO 19: Andante cantabile in B flat major (MWV U 93)
4. 2 Piano Pieces WoO 19: Presto agitato in G minor (MWV U 94)
5. 2 Piano Pieces WoO 19: Album Leaf in E minor Op.117 (MWV U 134)