Soprano Chen Reiss writes "Discovering the dramatic scene 'Hero & Leander' by Fanny Hensel left me amazed by the richness of colors and invention, as well as her skillful orchestration and dramatic expression". Felix Mendelssohn's sister Fanny is only now emerging as a significant composer in her own right. Many of her compositions were published under her brother's name, such was the difficulty faced by female composers in the 19th century to get published and gain recognition. This album contains a selection of her Lieder in new arrangements for orchestra, her dramatic scene for soprano and orchestra, "Hero und Leander", set to a text by her father, and the Introduction and an aria from her cantata "Lobgesang". Alongside Felix's concert aria Infelice and the 1st Rome version of "Fingals Cave".
4 Mendelssohn, Fanny: Der Rosenkranz, Op. 9: No. 3
5 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: 12 Gesänge, Op. 8: No. 3, Italien
6 Mendelssohn, Fanny: Lobgesang, Cantata H-U. 257
7 I. Introduzione (Pastorale)
8 IV. Aria, O Dass Ich Tausend Zungen Hätte
9 Mendelssohn, Fanny: Dämmrung Senkt Sich Von Oben, H-U. 392
10 Mendelssohn, Fanny: Warum Sind Denn Die Rosen So Blass, Op. 1: No. 3
11 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: 12 Lieder, Op. 9: No. 10, Verlust
12 Mendelssohn, Fanny: Die Frühen Gräber, Op. 9: No. 4
13 Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture "Fingal's Cave", Op. 26 (Rome Version No. 1, 1830)
14 Mendelssohn, Fanny: Hero Und Leander, Dramatic Scene, H-U. 262
Soprano Chen Reiss writes "Discovering the dramatic scene 'Hero & Leander' by Fanny Hensel left me amazed by the richness of colors and invention, as well as her skillful orchestration and dramatic expression". Felix Mendelssohn's sister Fanny is only now emerging as a significant composer in her own right. Many of her compositions were published under her brother's name, such was the difficulty faced by female composers in the 19th century to get published and gain recognition. This album contains a selection of her Lieder in new arrangements for orchestra, her dramatic scene for soprano and orchestra, "Hero und Leander", set to a text by her father, and the Introduction and an aria from her cantata "Lobgesang". Alongside Felix's concert aria Infelice and the 1st Rome version of "Fingals Cave".