Songs Without Words

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & Fanny Mendelssohn & Attacca Quartet

Songs Without Words is a set of short piano pieces by German composer Felix Mendelssohn, composed and published in several volumes between 1829 and 1845. These Romantic-era piano miniatures feature lyrical, song-like melodies, clear classical forms and expressive harmonic colour, and occupy an influential place in Mendelssohn's output and in 19th-century salon and domestic piano repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 13: I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
    8:05
  2. 2.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 13: II. Adagio non lento
    7:47
  3. 3.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 13: III. Intermezzo: Allegretto con moto – Allegro di molto
    4:51
  4. 4.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 13: IV. Presto – Adagio non lento
    10:14
  5. 5.
    Frage
    1:47
  6. 6.
    "Lied ohne Worte" in F major, op. 53 no. 4
    2:35
  7. 7.
    "Lied ohne Worte" in A minor, op. 8 no. 2
    2:39
  8. 8.
    String Quartet in E♭ major: I. Adagio ma non troppo
    5:08
  9. 9.
    String Quartet in E♭ major: II. Allegretto
    4:18
  10. 10.
    String Quartet in E♭ major: III. Romanze
    9:23
  11. 11.
    String Quartet in E♭ major: IV. Allegro molto vivace
    5:39
  12. 12.
    Organ Sonata in A major, op. 65 no. 3: II. Andante tranquillo
    2:27

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