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Music@Menlo LIVE Being Mendelssohn (six-disc boxed set) (2009)

Music@Menlo <em> LIVE Being Mendelssohn </em> (six-disc boxed set)

To commemorate Felix Mendelssohn’s extraordinary life and artistic achievements on the two-hundredth anniversary of his birth, Music@Menlo's 2009 season, Being Mendelssohn, presented the composer’s greatest chamber works—acknowledged masterpieces and rediscovered gems alike. By presenting Mendelssohn’s music alongside works by his predecessors, contemporaries, and artistic heirs, the 2009 edition of Music@Menlo LIVE illuminates the composer’s deeply personal and richly nuanced art from multiple perspectives.

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Selections

Selections from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (1748–1749) | Johann Sebastian Bach (20:39)

St. Lawrence String Quartet

Ricercar à 6 from Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (1747) | Johann Sebastian Bach (6:43)

Christopher Costanza, Cello
Dennis Godburn, Bassoon
Geoff Nuttall, Violin
Scott Pingel, Double Bass
Lesley Robertson, Viola
Scott St. John, Violin
Arnaud Sussmann, Viola

Adagio and Fugue in c minor, K. 546 (1788) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (7:21)

St. Lawrence String Quartet

Sinfoniesatz no. 13 in c minor (1823) | Felix Mendelssohn (8:54)

Sunmi Chang, Viola
Christopher Costanza, Cello
Eric Han, Cello
On You Kim, Viola
Kristin Lee, Violin
Sean Lee, Violin
Geoff Nuttall, Violin
Scott Pingel, Double Bass
Lesley Robertson, Viola
Scott St. John, Viola
Arnaud Sussmann, Violin

Sextet in D Major, op. 110 (1824) | Felix Mendelssohn (31:02)

Christopher Costanza, Cello
Scott Pingel, Double Bass
Lesley Robertson, Viola
Scott St. John, Violin
Arnaud Sussmann, Viola
Wu Han, Piano

Selections from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1843), arr. for piano, four hands | Felix Mendelssohn (10:03)

Jeffrey Kahane, Piano
Wu Han, Piano

String Quartet in B-flat Major, op. 18, no. 6 (1798–1800) | Ludwig van Beethoven (25:11)

Pacifica Quartet

Octet for Strings in E-flat Major, op. 20 (1825) | Felix Mendelssohn (31:42)

Sibbi Bernhardsson, Violin
David Finckel, Cello
Simin Ganatra, Violin
Geoff Nuttall, Violin
Lesley Robertson, Viola
Masumi Per Rostad, Viola
Scott St. John, Violin
Brandon Vamos, Cello

Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet (1953) | György Ligeti (13:07)

William Bennett, Oboe
Dennis Godburn, Bassoon
Anthony McGill, Clarinet
William VerMeulen, Horn
Carol Wincenc, Flute

Piano Trio (1998) | Pierre Jalbert (16:43)

David Finckel, Cello
Arnaud Sussmann, Violin
Wu Han, Piano

Piano Quartet no. 2 in A Major, op. 26 (1861) | Johannes Brahms (44:53)

Yehonatan Berick, Violin
David Finckel, Cello
Gilbert Kalish, Piano
Paul Neubauer, Viola

Violin Sonata in A Major, op. 47 (Kreutzer) (1802–1803) | Ludwig van Beethoven (37:12)

Arnaud Sussmann, Violin
Wu Han, Piano

Nonet in F Major, op. 31 (1813) | Louis Spohr (34:07)

William Bennett, Oboe
Dennis Godburn, Bassoon
Anthony McGill, Clarinet
Scott Pingel, Double Bass
Masumi Per Rostad, Viola
Arnaud Sussmann, Violin
William VerMeulen, Horn
Paul Watkins, Cello
Carol Wincenc, Flute

Lied ohne Worte in g minor, op. 19, no. 6, Venezianisches Gondellied (Venetian Boat Song) (1830); Lied ohne Worte in a minor, op. 85, no. 2 (1834); Lied ohne Worte in C Major, op. 67, no. 4, Spinnerlied (Spinning Song) (1845) | Felix Mendelssohn (6:06)