门德尔松声乐及钢琴名曲 Songs for Voice and Piano

Extraordinarilypopularinhisowndayandaninfluentiallinkbetweentheclar-ityandbalanceoftheClassicalageandthenewforcesofnineteenth-centuryRomanticism,FelixMendelssohn(1809-1847)wasaprolificwriterofsongs.Hiscontributionsincludemorethan100liederandadozenvocalduets,inadditionto60part-songs.Thishandsome,convenientcompilationamplydemonstratestheluxurianceofthecomposer'soutput,encompassing89ofhisloveliestsongs.Suchmasterpiecesas"Wartend,""Frfihlingsglaube,""NeueLiebe,"and"AufFlfigelndesGesanges"appearhere,alongwithsixsongsbyMendelssohn'ssis-ter,Fanny,plusoneduet(Op.8,No.12).ExcellentnewEnglishtranslationsforalltheworksinthiscollectionincludesongsettingsofpoetrybyByron,Goethe,Schiller,Heine,andmanyotherpoets.Amustforsingersandpianists,thisinexpensivecollectionwillenchantanyloverofthenineteenth-centuryartsong.