(2009) Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Op. 25 & Op. 40 - Six Songs Without Words: Chamber Arrangements Carmina Quartet Claves freut sich

Claves freut sich

she began to believe in her career

who adorns Aschenbrödel for the ball held by the Prince

111 written in 1851

are two of Tchaikovsky’s most popular compositions

(2009) Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Op. 25 & Op. 40 - Six Songs Without Words: Chamber Arrangements Carmina Quartet Claves freut sichThe Japanese pianist Fumiko Shiraga has made a specialty in recent years of performing famous concertos with a small group of instrumentalists. She calls this project concertos in disguise. It was common in the 19th century to present concert performances of large scale works in a scaled down version; she explains. There were many fewer orchestras then on the musical scene than there are today; and so one had recourse to the musicians that were