Rondo capriccioso in E major Op 14
Fantasia on ‘The last rose of summer’ in E major Op 15
Trois fantaisies ou caprices Op 16
Fantasia in F sharp minor ‘Sonate écossaise’ Op 28
Lied in E ?at major
Lied in A major
Lieder ohne Worte II Op 30
Lieder ohne Worte III Op 38

Howard Shelley is acclaimed as the living master of early Romantic piano music. So much of this music was ignored throughout the twentieth century that there is still a sense of discovery at each new recording. Shelley here presents the second instalment of a six-volume set of Mendelssohn’s complete solo piano music perhaps the least well-known part of the composer’s repertoire. The ?rst volume was praised for Shelley’s ‘immaculate, lightly-pedalled brilliance, unfailing stylistic assurance, warmth and ?exibility’ (Gramophone).

This second volume includes the Rondo capriccioso, a favourite virtuoso concert piece of the nineteenth century; the threemovement Fantasia in F sharp minor, which was originally described as a ‘Sonate écossaise’, with its characteristic Scottish folk-song elements in the first movement, and two books of the Songs without Words.