Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / Fiorentini / Redaelli Complete Works For Cello & Piano CD

Felix Mendelssohn's love for the cello was famed, and accordingly it was well-represented in his body of work. These works for cello and piano show the wide variation that resulted from a career-long affair with the instrument, ranging from youthful enthusiasm in the Variations Concertantes to the maturity and profundity of the much later second Cello Sonata. Notably this is the first CD recording of the powerful "Stauffer - ex Christiani" Stradivari cello, known for it's enormity of sonority and expression and wielded expertly by Luca Fiorentini.

1. Theme: Andante Con Moto 2. Variation No. 1 3. Variation No. 2 4. Variation No. 3: Pi? Vivace 5. Variation No. 4: Allegro Con Fuoco 6. Variation No. 5: L'istesso Tempo 7. Variation No. 6: L'istesso Tempo 8. Variation No. 7: Presto Ed Agitato 9. Variation No. 8: Tempo I 10. Allegro Assai Vivace 11. Allegretto Scherzando 12. Adagio 13. Molto Allegro E Vivace 14. Lied Ohne Worte in D Major, Op. 109 15. Allegro Vivace 16. Andante 17. Allegro Assai 18. Albumblatt