JRI Recordings (J138)

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: The Complete Works for Cello & Piano

With FANNY MENDELSSOHN HENSEL: Fantasia in G Minor

(with pianist R. Larry Todd)

Bonus disc: FELIX MENDELSSOHN/JOSEF MERK Variations in A Major (cello part by R. Larry Todd) and FANNY MENDELSSOHN HENSEL:  Capriccio in A-flat Major (with pianist R. Larry Todd)

Featuring the two sonatas for cello and piano, Op. 45 and 58, J138 includes the early Variations Op. 17 written for Mendelssohn’s brother; unfinished Albumblatt for Julius Rietz, presented here in a newly completed version; Lied ohne Worte Op. 109 composed for the French cellist Lisa Cristiani; and little-known Fantasia in G minor by Mendelssohn’s sister Fanny Hensel, who, like her brother, was an astonishing child prodigy.

Disc One:

• Variations concertante in D Major, Op. 17
• Sonata No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op 45
• Albumblatt (Assai tranquillo) in B Minor (Newly completed by R. Larry Todd)
• Sonata in D Major, Op. 58

FANNY MENDELSSOHN HENSEL: Fantasia in G Minor

Lied ohne Worte (Romance sans paroles) in D Major, Op. 109

Original Version of Op. 17, Variation 4 (Reconstructed)

Disc Two (bonus disc):

• MENDELSSOHN/MERK: Variations in A Major (cello part by R. Larry Todd)
• FANNY MENDELSSOHN HENSEL: Capriccio in A-flat Major