Margaret Price, Graham Johnson - Felix Mendelssohn: On wings of song (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 220 Mb | Total time: 59:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA66666 | Recorded: 1993
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 220 Mb | Total time: 59:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA66666 | Recorded: 1993
Mendelssohn's songs with words are bound to invite comparison with his Songs Without. Those 48 elegant piano pieces have often been viewed as being a little lacking in variety and as being a walk on the mild side. This disc contains 24 songs carolled by Margaret Price to a tasteful accompaniment from Graham Johnson. The performers take us back to the familiar world of the Lieder Ohne Worte, and rightly so. The songs range from the composer's teens to late in his brief career, and to my ears the numbers selected improve in general as they go along, and the performances improve along with them.