Mendelssohn: Pieter-Jelle de Boer, Piano Sonata, Op. 6

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Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Artists: Pieter-Jelle de Boer

Pieter-Jelle de Boer was born in the Netherlands in 1978, and started playing the piano at the age of five. A student of Jan Wijn, Murray Perahia and Emanuel Ax, he took the second prize at the 2001 YPF National Piano Competition. At the Paris Conservatoire, he studied conducting with Peter Eötvös and John Carewe. He has a busy recital and concert schedule.

For this Mendelssohn recital, de Boer has chosen some of the composer’s most brilliant and virtuosic works. The Variations sérieuses Op.54 are generally considered to be among his most successful works for solo piano. As a virtuoso pianist Mendelssohn composed many highly demanding works for his instrument. The early Sonata Op.6 shows the unmistakable influence of Beethoven and Mozart, but the Rondo capriccioso Op.14 is a wonderful example of the technical wizardry Mendelssohn was capable of. He was very friendly with the composer and pianist Ignaz Moscheles (a friend in turn of both Beethoven and Hummel), and the older man’s influence upon the young Mendelssohn’s keyboard-writing should not be underestimated.

This release offers a good opportunity to sample some of Mendelssohn’s piano-writing outside of the famous Songs without Words sets that tend to overshadow his works for piano.

Tracklist:
00:00:00 Felix Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14
00:06:58 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations in E-Flat Major, Op. 82
00:15:25 Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata in E Major, Op. 6: Allegretto con espressione
00:23:15 Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata in E Major, Op. 6: Tempo di Menuetto
00:28:52 Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata in E Major, Op. 6: Recitativo: Adagio e senza tempo - Andante - Allegretto con espressione
00:36:28 Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata in E Major, Op. 6: Molto Allegro e vivace
00:43:22 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations in B-Flat Major, Op. 83
00:52:09 Felix Mendelssohn: Prelude And Fugue in E Minor, Op. 35 No. 1: Prelude
00:54:30 Felix Mendelssohn: Prelude And Fugue in E Minor, Op. 35 No. 1: Fugue
01:01:27 Felix Mendelssohn: Variations Sérieuses, Op. 54

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