Felix Mendelssohn: chronological list of works
Introduction: Getting to know Mendelssohn's music
The baroque Mendelssohn. String symphonies, nos. 1-6 ; Selected keyboard works (organ sonatas, six preludes and fugues, three preludes and fugues ; Oratorios (St. Paul and Elijah)
The classical Mendelssohn. String symphonies, nos. 7-9 ; Chamber music (octet, string quartets, string quintets, chamber works with piano) ; Selected keyboard works (Variations sérieuses, piano sonatas, and more)
The romantic Mendelssohn. String symphonies, nos. 10-13 ; Symphonies for full orchestra (and one sonata) ; Selected vocal works: songs, choral music, Lobgesang, Die erste Walpurgisnacht
The progressive Mendelssohn. Overtures and incidental music ; Concertos and solos with orchestra ; Songs without words
Conclusion: Listening to Mendelssohn
Works on accompanying CD: Overture to A midsummer night's dream --
String symphony no. 3 in E minor -- Piano concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 25 -- String quartet no. 6 in F minor, op. 80 --
Songs without words. No 27 in E minor, op. 62/3, Funeral march ; No. 29 in A minor, op. 62/5, Gondolier's song ; No 39 in A major, op. 62/6, Spring song.
