Rena Kyriakou - Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, 17 Variations Serieuses (1993)

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Title: Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, 17 Variations Serieuses
Year Of Release: 1993
Label: VoxBox
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 2:15:20
Total Size: 547 MB
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CD1 - Books 1-4 - [67:22]
Songs without Words Book I, Op. 19
1. No. 1 in E Major "Sweet Remembrance"
2. No. 2 in A Minor "Regrets"
3. No. 3 in A Major "Hunting Song"
4. No. 4 in A Major "Confidence"
5. No. 5 in F-sharp Minor "Restlessness"
6. No. 6 in G Minor "Venetian Boat Song I"
Songs without Words Book II, Op. 30
7. No. 7 in E-flat Major "Contemplation"
8. No. 8 in B-flat Minor "Unrest"
9. No. 9 in E Major "Consolation"
10. No. 10 in B Minor "The Wanderer"
11. No. 11 in D Major "The Brook"
12. No. 12 in F-sharp Minor "Venetian Boat Song II"
Songs without Words Book III, Op. 38
13. No. 13 in E-flat Major "The Evening Star"
14. No. 14 in C Minor "Lost Happiness"
15. No. 15 in E Major "Poet's Harp"
16. No. 16 in A Major "Hope"
17. No. 17 in A Minor "Passion"
18. No. 18 in A-flat Major "Duetto"
Songs without Words Book IV, Op. 53
19. No. 19 in A-flat Major "On the Seashore"
20. No. 20 in E-flat Major "The Fleecy Cloud"
21. No. 21 in G Minor "Agitation"
22. No. 22 in F Major "Sadness of the Soul"
23. No. 23 in A Minor "Folksong"
24. No. 24 in in A Major "The Flight"

CD2 - Books 5-8 - [67:58]
Songs without Words Book V, Op. 62
1. No. 25 in G Major "May Breezes"
2. No. 26 in B-flat Major "The Departure"
3. No. 27 in E Minor "Funeral March"
4. No. 28 in G Major "Morning Song"
5. No. 29 in A Minor "Venetian Song Boat III"
6. No. 30 in A Major "Spring Song"
Songs without Words Book VI, Op. 67
7. No. 31 in E-flat Major "Meditation"
8. No. 32 in F-sharp Minor "Lost Illusion"
9. No. 33 in B-flat Major "Song of the Pilgrim"
10. No. 34 in C Major "Spinning Song"
11. No. 35 in B Minor "The Shepherd's Complaint"
12. No. 36 in E Major "Lullaby"
Songs without Words Book VII, Op. 85
13. No. 37 in F Major "Reverie"
14. No. 38 in A Minor "The Adieu"
15. No. 39 in E-flat Major "Delirium"
16. No. 40 in D Major "Elegy"
17. No. 41 in A Major "The Return"
18. No. 42 in B-flat Major "Song of the Traveller"
Songs without Words Book VIII, Op. 102
19. No. 43 in E Minor "Homeless"
20. No. 44 in D Major "Retrospection"
21. No. 45 in C Major "Tarantella"
22. No. 46 in G Minor "The Sighing Wind"
23. No. 47 in A Major "The Joyous Paesant"
24. No. 48 in C Major "Faith"
25. 17 Variations Sérieuses in D Minor, Op. 54

Die griechische Pianistin und Komponistin Rena Kyriakou (1917-1994) studierte u.a. in Wien bei Paul Weingarten und Richard sowie in Paris bei Henri Büsser und Isidor Philipp. Letzterem verdankte sie eine reiche Palette an Klangfarben, die besonders bei ihren Mendelssohn-Aufnahmen zum Tragen kommt. Aus Anlass ihres 20. Todestages macht Vox ihre Aufnahmen mit Mendelssohns Lieder ohne Worte wieder greifbar und ehrt damit eine herausragende Pianistin.


Rena Kyriakou - Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, 17 Variations Serieuses (1993)