Mendelsohn SWW

[Kapellmeister27]

im looking to start some of the songs without words.

any suggestions opn which ones are good (not necessarily popular) ive only heard a few

any good recordings?

[stormx]

I have recently bought a Naxos CD with a selection of "Songs without words" by the hungarian pianist Peter Nagy.

I beleive he does a pretty decent job, and the selected pieces are really beautiful.

So, if you are looking for a not expensive recording, i recommend you this one.

PD: If you want the entire collection of SWW, it is also available by the same pianist (in 2 Cds i believe).

[galonia]

I think I have Baremboim playing the whole lot.

But I do not recommend that you try to listen to all of them before choosing one.  I mean, they're nice pieces, but listening to them all will tire your ears and your brain... I'd suggest you listen to a few, and play one you quite like.

[shasta]

any suggestions opn which ones are good (not necessarily popular)

My personal faves are "Restlessness" and all 4 gondola/boat songs.

[hodi]

op.67 no.2 and op.19 no.1

the op.67 no.2  is more difficult.

[ujos3]

One of the most beautiful (and easiest) is the Op. 62 nº1

[fnork]

I've only played op 102 no 4. I have most of the SWW in sheet music, but honestly I haven't cared about learning it - most of them sound boring to me. Perhaps I need to hear a good recording, though. The op 102 no 4 is nice, not hard at all. I only learned it because I had to, though..

[m1469]

Just passing along a link to a great post by Bernhard



https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,5942.msg58161.html#msg58161
(ranked by beauty and difficulty)

[frederic]

I have recently bought a Naxos CD with a selection of "Songs without words" by the hungarian pianist Peter Nagy.

I beleive he does a pretty decent job, and the selected pieces are really beautiful.

So, if you are looking for a not expensive recording, i recommend you this one.

PD: If you want the entire collection of SWW, it is also available by the same pianist (in 2 Cds i believe).

Mr Nagy..... The man's a genius....