℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited; A Warner Classics release
| Released | February 3, 2023 |
| Duration | 53m 37s |
| Record Label | Warner Classics |
| Genre | Classical |
Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words
Walter Gieseking
Available in MQA and 192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Songs Without Words, Book I, Op. 19b
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1.1
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No. 1 in E Major, MWV U86
Felix Mendelssohn; Walter Gieseking |
4:49 | |||
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1.2
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No. 6 in G Minor, MWV U78
Felix Mendelssohn; Walter Gieseking |
2:34 | |||
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Songs Without Words, Book II, Op. 30
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1.3
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No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor, MWV U110
Felix Mendelssohn; Walter Gieseking |
3:38 | |||
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Songs Without Words, Book III, Op. 38
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1.4
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No. 4 In A Major, MWV U120
Felix Mendelssohn; Walter Gieseking |
2:39 | |||
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1.5
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No. 6 in A-Flat Major, MWV U119
Felix Mendelssohn; Walter Gieseking |
4:55 | |||
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Songs Without Words, Book IV, Op. 53
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1.6
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No. 2 in E-Flat Major, MWV U109
Felix Mendelssohn; Walter Gieseking |
2:44 | |||
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1.7
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No. 3 in G Minor, MWV U144
Felix Mendelssohn; Walter Gieseking |
2:54 | |||
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1.8
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No. 4 in F Major, MWV U114
Felix Mendelssohn; Walter Gieseking |
2:33 | |||
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Songs Without Words, Book V, Op. 62
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1.9
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No. 1 in G Major, MWV U185
Felix Mendelssohn; Walter Gieseking |
2:17 | |||
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1.10
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No. 5 in A Minor, MWV U151
Felix Mendelssohn; Walter Gieseking |
2:54 | |||
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1.11
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No. 6 in A Major, MWV U161
Felix Mendelssohn; Walter Gieseking |
2:49 | |||
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Songs Without Words, Book VI, Op. 67
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1.12
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No. 3 in B-Flat Major, MWV U102
Felix Mendelssohn; Walter Gieseking |
2:44 | |||
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1.13
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No. 4 in C Major, MWV U182
Felix Mendelssohn; Walter Gieseking |
1:53 | |||
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Songs Without Words, Book VII, Op. 85
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1.14
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No. 4 in D Major, MWV U192
Felix Mendelssohn; Walter Gieseking |
2:48 | |||
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1.15
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No. 6 in B-Flat Major, MWV U155
Felix Mendelssohn; Walter Gieseking |
3:22 | |||
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Songs Without Words, Book VIII, Op. 102
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1.16
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No. 3 in C Major, MWV U195
Felix Mendelssohn; Walter Gieseking |
1:28 | |||
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1.17
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No. 5 in A Major, MWV U194
Felix Mendelssohn; Walter Gieseking |
1:21 | |||
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Songs Without Words, Book V, Op. 62
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1.18
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No. 6 in A Major, MWV U161 "Spring Song" (Recorded 1951)
Felix Mendelssohn; Walter Gieseking |
2:43 | |||
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1.19
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No. 6 in A Major, MWV U161 "Spring Song" (Recorded 1951, Alternate Take)
Felix Mendelssohn; Walter Gieseking |
2:32 | |||
Here is one of the last recordings made by Walter Gieseking in late 1956, from the same day he performed his legendary "Lyric Pieces" by Grieg and only a few weeks before he passed away. This selection of Mendelssohn’s "Songs Without Words" also includes two earlier recordings of the famous "Spinning Song", complete with a rediscovered alternative take which is here released for the first time.
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Warner Classics Studio Masters
Tracks 1-19 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-19 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -6.14 -10.56 to -2.07 | -25.96 -31.18 to -19.68 | -22.89 -28.10 to -16.90 | 12 10 to 14 | |
| 1 | No. 1 in E Major, MWV U86 | -6.15 | -27.77 | -24.7 | 14 |
| 2 | No. 6 in G Minor, MWV U78 | -8.64 | -31.18 | -28.1 | 13 |
| 3 | No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor, MWV U110 | -3.50 | -26.09 | -22.4 | 14 |
| 4 | No. 4 In A Major, MWV U120 | -5.22 | -26.02 | -23.0 | 14 |
| 5 | No. 6 in A-Flat Major, MWV U119 | -2.95 | -25.67 | -22.5 | 14 |
| 6 | No. 2 in E-Flat Major, MWV U109 | -5.53 | -22.94 | -20.1 | 11 |
| 7 | No. 3 in G Minor, MWV U144 | -2.78 | -19.68 | -16.9 | 10 |
| 8 | No. 4 in F Major, MWV U114 | -5.99 | -25.46 | -22.1 | 12 |
| 9 | No. 1 in G Major, MWV U185 | -7.96 | -26.41 | -23.3 | 11 |
| 10 | No. 5 in A Minor, MWV U151 | -2.07 | -24.49 | -21.2 | 14 |
| 11 | No. 6 in A Major, MWV U161 | -10.56 | -29.01 | -26.3 | 12 |
| 12 | No. 3 in B-Flat Major, MWV U102 | -5.56 | -26.39 | -22.9 | 12 |
| 13 | No. 4 in C Major, MWV U182 | -7.70 | -26.18 | -23.4 | 11 |
| 14 | No. 4 in D Major, MWV U192 | -5.85 | -25.99 | -22.8 | 12 |
| 15 | No. 6 in B-Flat Major, MWV U155 | -8.12 | -28.29 | -25.2 | 12 |
| 16 | No. 3 in C Major, MWV U195 | -7.02 | -26.65 | -23.9 | 12 |
| 17 | No. 5 in A Major, MWV U194 | -8.70 | -25.03 | -22.0 | 10 |
| 18 | No. 6 in A Major, MWV U161 "Spring Song" (Recorded 1951) | -6.37 | -24.60 | -21.7 | 12 |
| 19 | No. 6 in A Major, MWV U161 "Spring Song" (Recorded 1951, Alternate Take) | -5.98 | -25.39 | -22.4 | 12 |