Songs Without Words

[hodi]

Mendelssohn - Songs Without Words
Can anyone rank them by order of "beauty" and difficulty level?

[chopin_girl]

I just have to say I played only one- in g-minor No.21 and I have heard the others but this one was the best for me.
So that would be my first place. {Presto agitato all the way,baby }
As for the other pieces, I'll let the people who have played them rank them...

Just wanted to say that....
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[bernhard]

They are all within grades 5 – 8. I love them all, but have underlined my favourites.

Op. 19 no. 1 – grade 8
Op. 19 no. 2 – grade 6
Op. 19 no. 3 – grade 7
Op. 19 no. 4 – grade 6
Op. 19 no. 5 – grade 8
Op. 19 no. 6 – grade 6
Op. 30 no. 1 – grade 7
Op.30 no. 2 – grade 7
Op. 30 no. 3 – grade 5
Op. 30 no. 4 – grade 8
Op. 30 no. 5 - grade 8
Op. 30 no. 6 - grade 6
Op. 38 no. 1 – grade 8
Op. 38 no. 2 – grade 8
Op. 38 no. 3 – grade 8
Op. 38 no. 4 – grade 6
Op. 38 no. 5 – grade 8
Op. 38 no. 6 – grade 8
Op. 53 no. 1 – grade 7
Op. 53 no. 2 – grade 6
Op. 53 no. 3 – grade 7
Op. 53 no. 4 – grade 6
Op. 53 no. 5 – grade 6
Op. 53 no. 6 – grade 8
Op. 62 no. 1 – grade 6
Op. 62 no. 2 – grade 6
Op. 62 no. 3 – grade 6
Op. 62 no. 4 – grade 6
Op. 62 no. 5 – grade 7
Op. 62 no. 6 – grade 7
Op. 67 no. 1 – grade 7
Op. 67 no. 2 – grade 7
Op. 67 no. 3 – grade 6
Op. 67 no. 4 – grade 8
Op. 67 no. 5 – grade 6
Op. 67 no. 6 – grade 7
Op. 85 no. 1 – grade 6
Op. 85 no. 2 – grade 6
Op. 85 no. 3 – grade 7
Op. 85 no. 4 – grade 7
Op. 85 no. 5 – grade 6
Op. 85 no. 6 – grade 7
Op. 102 no. 1 – grade 8
Op. 102 no. 2 – grade 6
Op. 102 no. 3 – grade 7
Op. 102 no. 4 – grade 6
Op. 102 no. 5 – grade 6
Op. 102 no. 6 – grade 5


Best wishes.
Bernhard.

[SteinwayTony]

I do not have much experience with Mendelssohn but my favorite Lieder ohne Worte are the Venetian Gondola Songs (simple but beautiful) and the Spinning Song...Arthur Rubinstein really makes that one shine.

[hodi]

op.67 no.2 is only grade 7 while op.19 no.1 is grade 8?
check them again, op.67 no.2 is actually difficult.. 2 voices, one staccato, one legato at the same hand

op.19 no.1 is very easy.

[Chrysalis]

I can only play 19:1 and 30:6

19:1 is my all time fav sww!! its beautiful

[hodi]

which one is more difficult
opus 30 no.4
or opus 19 no.5
?

[nanabush]

Lol op 102 # 3 is grd 7 in US but grd 9 in Canada.... I played that as an etude but dropped it because I prefered playing Moszkowski.   I like Op. 30 #4 though.

[hodi]

bump
please answer my question.

[nomis]

Beauty level is purely subjective. Buy a recording and make a list yourself.

[hodi]

Beauty level is purely subjective. Buy a recording and make a list yourself.

but my question was which sww is more difficult: op19-5 or op30-4