Mendelssohn - Five Pieces For Violin And Piano (1819/1821)

Mendelssohn

(독 1809~1847)

 

 

Five Pieces For Violin And Piano (1819/1821)

 

I. Movement in G Minor
II. Andante in D Minor = 02:44
III. Fugue in D Minor = 06:10
IV. Fugue in C Minor = 08:00
V. Allegro in C Major = 09:24

Nicholas Milton, violin
Nína-Margrét Grimsdóttir, piano

These five pieces were written by Mendelssohn during his studies with Carl Zelter. While still very far from his future more mature works, they show off a still in progress style of composition, and they're actually very nice to hear unlike some earlier works of random composers. The Movement in G Minor includes a G Major passage reminiscent from Haydn and Mozart (a rare tonality on Mendelssohn's world); both Andante and the two fuges features a pretty Bachian tone, with a usual three-voice contrapuntal form, while the Allegro "gets out'' of the darkness and finishes the set on a brillant way!