FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)

Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op.49

[1] Molto allegro agitato

[2] Andante con moto tranquillo

[3] Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace

[4] Finale: Allegro assai appassionato

Piano Trio No.2 in C minor, Op.66

[5] Allegro energico e fuoco

[6] Andante espressivo

[7] Scherzo: Molto allegro quasi presto

[8] Finale: Allegro appassionato

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809 – 1847)

Piano Trios

Born in Hamburg in 1809, eldest son of the banker Abraham Mendelssohn and grandson of the great Jewish thinker Moses Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn, who took the additional name Bartholdy on his baptism as a Christian, Heine’s ticket of admission to European culture, was brought up in Berlin, where his family settled in 1812. Here he enjoyed the wide cultural opportunities that his family offered, through their own interests and connections.

Mendelssohn’s early gifts, manife