Jan Willem de Vriend / The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra
Jan Willem de Vriend / The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra
Mendelssohn: Concertos for Two Pianos
Roberto Prosseda, Alessandra Ammara, Residentie Orkest The Hague | Jan Willem de Vriend
Decca / HQ|NORTHSTAR
Catalogue DECCA4818900
(Low Resolution excerpts)
Mendelssohn’s two concertos for two pianos and orchestra are among the composer’s least well- known and least frequently performed works, and did not appear in print until Karl-Heinz Köhler’s editions were published by Breitkopf in 1960. Felix composed both concertos as birthday presents for his sister Fanny (1805-1847), like her brother, a great keyboard virtuoso. The playful nature of the relationship between the two young siblings (testified in numerous letters) also permeates the close dialogue between the two instruments, with touches of humour and sudden changes of register. Naturally, both concertos contain many bravura passages, intended to show off not only the keyboard skills of the dedicatee, but of Felix himself too.
Allegro_ E Major MWV O5
Allegro vivace_A Flat Major MWV O6
Andante_A Flat Major MWV O6
Allegro vivace_A Flat Major MWV O6
Allegro vivace_ E Major MWV O5
Adagio ma non troppo_ E Major MWV O5
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