Mendelssohn / London Bridge Trio: Leipzig Circle 1
Mendelssohn / London Bridge Trio: Leipzig Circle 1
Format: CD
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Artist: Mendelssohn / London Bridge Trio
Label: Somm Recordings
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 748871019928
Genre: Classical
This outstanding release is first to couple music by the sister and wife of two great Romantics - incredibly gifted women who were also fine composers, whose music has remained little-known for almost 175 years. This unique collection proves that composers Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann weren't the only outstanding creative musicians in their families. Fanny Mendelssohn was Felix's older sister - but although one of the famous composers of his day, he regarded Fanny as being more gifted than himself. In the 1840s the idea of a woman composer being of comparable stature to her brother or husband was unthinkable. Yet Fanny continued to compose, with some of her music being issued under Felix's name. Today, with the emancipation of women established, we can look anew at the forgotten work of these remarkably gifted ladies. On this beautifully-recorded new album from SOMM Recordings, Fanny Mendelssohn's great Piano Trio (her last major work) receives a performance of notable insight from the gifted players of The London Bridge Trio - as does Robert Schumann's first Piano Trio. Robert's wife Clara bore him eight children and went on to become one of the greatest and most admired female pianists of her era. To balance these two great chamber-music masterpieces, we have music by Felix - a rare recording of his beautiful original 'Song Without Words' for cello and piano - and also by Clara, her moving 'Three Romances' for violin and piano, which the members of The London Bridge Trio play to perfection. This is, without doubt, a hugely significant and utterly unique release in terms of repertoire and the present-day liberation of women composers.
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