Olga Pashchenko – Guess Who? (2025)
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Pianist Olga Pashchenko creates musical narratives with selections from Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words. As children, the two immensely prodigious siblings enjoyed using text to inspire their piano pieces, although which of them was the actual inventor of the genre remains a mystery. It is possible that they either co-created this genre, or even that Fanny could have been the creator of the genre traditionally ascribed exclusively to Felix. This music, although wordless, is bursting with poetry and well-suited to the Conrad Graf piano from 1836 that Pashchenko chose for this recording. The Graf piano, a brand favoured by Felix, has a recitative-like quality that Pashchenko uses to perfectly articulate the poetry inherent in these Lieder ohne Worte or as Fanny called them, Lieder für das Pianoforte.
Tracklist:
1-01. Olga Pashchenko – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19B: No. 3, Molto allegro e vivace, MWV U 89 (02:20)
1-02. Olga Pashchenko – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19B: No. 5, Poco agitato, MWV U 90 (03:12)
1-03. Olga Pashchenko – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 30: No. 1, Andante espressivo, MWV U 103 (03:43)
1-04. Olga Pashchenko – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 30: No. 2, Allegro di molto, MWV U 77 (01:55)
1-05. Olga Pashchenko – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 30: No. 3, Adagio non troppo, MWV U 104 (02:22)
1-06. Olga Pashchenko – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 30: No. 4, Agitato e con fuoco, MWV U 98 (02:31)
1-07. Olga Pashchenko – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 30: No. 6, Venetianisches Gondellied. Allegretto tranquillo, MWV U 110 (02:47)
1-08. Olga Pashchenko – Vier Lieder für das Pianoforte, Op. 2: No. 1, Andante H. 301 (03:54)
1-09. Olga Pashchenko – Vier Lieder für das Pianoforte, Op. 2: No. 3, Villa Mills. Allegretto grazioso H. 357 (02:55)
1-10. Olga Pashchenko – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 38: No. 2, Allegro non troppo, MWV U 115 (01:48)
1-11. Olga Pashchenko – Gondellied, MWV U 136 (01:57)
1-12. Olga Pashchenko – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 38: No. 5, Agitato, MWV U 137 (02:11)
1-13. Olga Pashchenko – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 62: No. 3, Andante maestoso, MWV U 177 (03:45)
1-14. Olga Pashchenko – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 62: No. 5, Venetianisches Gondellied. Andante (02:40)
1-15. Olga Pashchenko – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 62: No. 6, Allegretto grazioso, MWV U 161 (02:22)
1-16. Olga Pashchenko – Vier Lieder für das Pianoforte, Op. 6: No. 2, Allegro vivace H. 356 (04:05)
1-17. Olga Pashchenko – Vier Lieder für das Pianoforte, Op. 6: No. 3, O Traum der Jugend, o goldner Stern. Andante cantabile H. 424 (03:06)
1-18. Olga Pashchenko – Vier Lieder für das Pianoforte, Op. 6: No. 4, Il Saltarello Romano (Tarantella). Allegro molto H. 372 2 (02:58)
1-19. Olga Pashchenko – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 67: No. 2, Allegro leggiero, MWV U 145 (02:08)
1-20. Olga Pashchenko – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 67: No. 5, Moderato, MWV U 184 (02:27)
1-21. Olga Pashchenko – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 67: No. 4, Presto, MWV U 182 (01:45)
1-22. Olga Pashchenko – Vier Lieder für das Pianoforte, Op. 8: No. 1, Allegro moderato H. 423 (03:46)
1-23. Olga Pashchenko – Vier Lieder für das Pianoforte, Op. 8: No. 2, Andante con espressione H. 463 (03:03)
1-24. Olga Pashchenko – Vier Lieder für das Pianoforte, Op. 8: No. 3, Lenau. Larghetto H. 461 (02:26)
1-25. Olga Pashchenko – Vier Lieder für das Pianoforte, Op. 8: No. 4, Wanderlied. Presto H. 458 (02:38)
1-26. Olga Pashchenko – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 102: No. 1, Andante un poco agitato, MWV U 162 (02:46)
1-27. Olga Pashchenko – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 102: No. 3, Kinderstück. Presto, MWV U 195 (01:17)
1-28. Olga Pashchenko – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19b: No. 6, Venetianisches Gondellied. Allegretto tranquillo, MWV U 110 (02:20)
1-29. Olga Pashchenko – Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 53: No. 6, Molto Allegro vivace, MWV U 154 (02:41)
1-30. Olga Pashchenko – Notturno in G Minor, H. 337 (04:50)