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THE YOUNG FELIX Features: 3 CD MENDELSSOHN • First release devoted to the complete Piano , Op. 1-3 works for chamber ensemble with fortepiano by the young Felix , Op. 110 Mendelssohn. Clarinet, Violin & Viola Sonatas • First complete edition using period Conventional wisdom has it that Felix instruments featuring the Atlantis Mendelssohn came into his own as a composer Ensemble, directed by legendary at the age of 16 in 1825, with the composition Dutch violinist, Jaap Schröder. of his and the Overture to “A • Booklet essays by pre-eminent THE YOUNG Midsummer Night’s Dream”. This release, Piano Quartets, Op. 1-3 Mendelssohn scholar and biographer, Sextet, Op. 110 the final volume of the Atlantis Ensemble’s Clarinet, Violin & Viola Sonatas R. Larry Todd. Mendelssohn 2009 project, reveals the The Atlantis Ensemble – Jaap Schröder The Romantics 13 lesser-known riches among the works written • Total playing time: 3 hours 18 minutes. by young Felix in the years immediately Target Markets: preceding, 1822-1824. Jaap Schröder and his Worldwide major metro markets, colleagues take us directly into the prosperous culturally-oriented cities & college towns. The Romantics Mendelssohn household of the 1820s, a A revolution in art and literature swept remarkable environment that nurtured Reviews: Luister (Holland), Dutch through Europe and by the early 1800’s young Felix, the prodigy. Early Music Review, Early Music Romanticism dominated the musical America, International Record Review, landscape. Such figures as Beethoven, Gramophone, Early Music (U.K.), BBC Mendelssohn, and Brahms exemplified the CD 1 Music Magazine, Musicweb (U.K.) ideals yet maintained highly individual approaches. Now, our finest historically- Piano in C minor, Op. 1 (1824) Configuration: 3 CD set Digipak informed musicians and scholars present 1 Allegro vivace this incomparable repertoire in a series 2 Adagio Available: Dec 2009 destined to become an essential part of 3 Scherzo - Presto Recorded: every serious music lover’s collection. 4 Allegro moderato 2001 (Sextet) in F minor, Op. 2 (1825) 2007 (Quartets, Violin Sonata) 5 Allegro molto 2008 (sonatas for clarinet, viola) 6 Adagio Booklet: 28 Page 7 Intermezzo – Allegro moderato 8 Allegro molto vivace CD 3 Sonata in F minor for violin & fortepiano, Op. 4 (1823) CD 2 1 Adagio – Allegro moderato Piano Quartet No. 3 in B minor, Op. 3 (1826) 2 Poco adagio 1 Allegro molto 3 Allegro agitato 2 Andante Sonata in E flat major for clarinet & 3 Allegro molto fortepiano (1824) 4 Finale – Allegro vivace 4 Adagio-Allegro moderato Piano Sextet in D major, Op. (posth.) 110 (1824) 5 Andante The Atlantis Trio 5 Allegro vivace 6 Allegro moderato Penelope Crawford, fortepiano 6 Adagio Sonata in C minor for viola & fortepiano (1824) 7 Jaap Schröder, violin Menuetto & Trio 7 Adagio 8 Allegro vivace 8 Menuetto. Allegro molto Enid Sutherland, cello 9 Andante con Variazioni

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