Mendelssohn questions

[verywellmister]

(First of all, I have a feeling someone is going to say "Mendelssoh sux" to this thread.) 

Mendelssohn did not write THAT many piano works (at least not as much as Beethoven i think).  Are there any other pieces by other composers that should be played in the Mendelssohn style? 

Mendelssohn Variations Serieuses is very hard, but I heard that his Sonata Op.106 in Bb (isnt that funny?) is harder.  Is this true?  Is Op.106 a good piece?

Thanks.

[presto agitato]

Yes, the sonata in Bb is his most difficult piece.

He wrote it after he learned Beethoven´s Hammerklavier. (Same key as you see).


Whats funny?

I recommend the recording by Benjamin Frith.

[verywellmister]

Whats funny?

It has the same Op. and key as Hammerklavier.

Is this a good piece?

[presto agitato]

Is this a good piece?

Amazing Piece

[verywellmister]

Thank you.

[Waldszenen]

If anyone's gonna learn Mendelssohn, I recommend the Rondo Capriccioso (probably misspelt). It's a wonderful piece (and hard, too).

[verywellmister]

Actually, the RC isn't too hard.  I found the Fantasie-Impromptu to be harder (anyone else?).  The hard part would probably playing it in the Mendelssohn style (and the octaves, which just need practice).  Variations Serieuses is WAY harder.

How did RC end up on the LRSM list?  It's more of a dipABRSM.

Anyway, it is one of my favorite pieces.  It is a crowd-stunner.

[presto agitato]

Actually, the RC isn't too hard.  I found the Fantasie-Impromptu to be harder

LOL Good Joke ¡¡¡

[Waldszenen]

Actually, the RC isn't too hard.  I found the Fantasie-Impromptu to be harder (anyone else?). 

Wow, you've just convinced me to go and learn it now. Thanks. 

(those parallel thirds don't look awfully friendly though)

[verywellmister]

LOL Good Joke ¡¡¡

Ok...
Maybe it may not be that easy, but its not that hard (and im not very good)

The parallel thirds are hard yes, but they just need practice.

The Rondo Capriccioso is not as hard as say...Ravel Sonatine (this is NOT a joke).

I know this one teacher in DE who taught her student the RC in 6th grade (horribly played), then the next year, Brahms Rhapsody Op.79 no.2, and the next year, the Chopin FI.  Ugh... (all overplayed)

[hodi]

three caprices op.33
capriccio op.5
capriccio op.118
scherzo in b minor
scherzo a capriccio in f# minor
RC Op.14
perpettum mobile op.119
two klavierstuck
andante cantabile and presto agitato
3 piano sonatas
6 kinderstucke op.72
6 preludes & fugues
3 preludes & 3 studies op.104
study in f minor
variations serieuses op.54
three fantasies or caprices op.16
variations in e flat major op.82
fantasy in f# minor op.28
variations in b flat major op.83
fantasy on "the last rose of the summer" op.15

well i think it's quite a lot of piano works for someone who began to compose at the age of 9 and died at 38!

[da jake]

fantasy in f# minor op.28

WONDERFUL piece. 

[henrah]

I've only heard Variations Serieuses, and it's wonderful - especially when played by Richter
Henrah