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Songs without Words - Mendelssohn played by Daniel Gortler
Daniel Gortler



    Disc 1
    Op. 19
  1. No. 1 in E major Andante con moto 3:14
  2. No. 2 in A minor Andante espressivo 2:35
  3. No. 3 in A major "Hunting Song" 2:15


    4. Molto Allegro e vivace
  4. No. 4 in A major Moderato 1:46
  5. No. 5 in F sharp minor Piano agitato 2:58
  6. No. 6 in G minor "Venetian Gondola Song" 2:27


    7. Andante sostenuto
    Op. 30
  7. No. 1 in E flat major Andante espressivo 4:41
  8. No. 2 in B flat minor Allegro di molto 1:58
  9. No. 3 in E major Adagio non troppo 2:09
  10. No. 4 in B minor Agitato e con fuoco 2:43
  11. No. 5 in D major Andante grazioso 1:58
  12. No. 6 in F sharp minor 3:34


    13. "Venetian Gondola Song"
    Allegretto tranquillo
    Op. 38
  13. No. 1 in E flat major Con moto 2:42
  14. No. 2 in C minor Allegro non troppo 1:53
  15. No. 3 in E major Presto e molto vivace 2:29
  16. No. 4 in major Andante 2:38
  17. No. 5 in A minor Agitato 2:22
  18. No. 6 in A flat major 2:21


    19. Andante con moto
    Op. 53
  19. No. 1 in A flat major 3:29


    20. Andante con moto
  20. No. 2 in E flat major 2:26


    21. Allegro non troppo
  21. No. 3 in G minor Presto agitato 2:48
  22. No. 4 in F major Adagio 2:50
  23. No. 5 in A minor "Folksong" 2:49


    24. Allegro con fuoco
  24. No. 6 in A major Molto Allegro, vivace 2:30


    25. Disc 2
    Op. 62
  25. No. 1 in G major Andante espressivo 1:48
  26. No. 2 in B flat major Allegro con fuoco 1:56
  27. No. 3 in E minor "Funeral March" 3:26


    28. Andante maestoso
  28. No. 4 in G major Allegro con anima 1:11
  29. No. 5 in A minor "Venetian Gondola Song" 3:15


    30. Andante con moto
  30. No. 6 in A major "Spring song" 2:25


    31. Allegretto grazioso
    Op. 67
  31. No. 1 in E flat major Andante 3:06
  32. No. 2 in F sharp minor Allegro leggiero 2:25
  33. No. 3 in B Flat major Andante tranquillo 3:11
  34. No. 4 in C major "Spinning Song" Presto 1:45
  35. No. 5 in B minor Moderato 2:44
  36. No. 6 in E major Allegretto non troppo 2:32


    37. Op. 85
  37. No. 1 in F major Andante espressivo 2:25
  38. No. 2 in A minor Allegro agitato 00:59
  39. No. 3 in E flat major Presto 2:26
  40. No. 4 in D major Andante sostenuto 3:13
  41. No. 5 in A major Allegretto 1:59
  42. No. 6 in B flat major Allegretto con moto 2:14


    43. Op. 102
  43. No. 1 in E minor Andante, un poco agitato 3:13
  44. No. 2 in D major Adagio 2:37
  45. No. 3 in C major Presto 1:27
  46. No. 4 in G minor 2:45


    47. Un poco agitato, ma andante
  47. No. 5 in A major Allegro vivace 1:14
  48. No. 6 in C major Andante 2:57
From the CD booklet:
Israeli pianist Daniel Gortler is attracting the attention of audiences worldwide. Gortler started his piano studies with Naomi Hacohen, studied at the Thelma Yelin High School for the Arts, graduated from the Tel Aviv Music Academy, and later from the Musickhochshule in Hannover where he studied with Professor Arie Vardi. In addition he has taken classes with Christoph Eschenbach.

Gortler has appeared as soloist with many major orchestras including the Berlin Radio Symphony amongst others, and most major Israeli orchestras, including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. He has performed with conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Christoph Eschenbach and many more.
Gortler is also an active chamber music performer and recitalist and in March 1998 he made his recital debut in New York. Prizes include: first prize in the Vina del Mar International Competition in Chile (1987); the Bermen International Piano Competition (1991); second prize in the Munich International Piano Competition; third prize in Geneva International Piano Competition. He has won the Clairmont Competition (1984-1986), the Gina Bachauer Award in Jerusalem (1989) and is a recipient of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships (1977-1989).
Daniel Gortler teaches at the Tel Aviv Music Academy.

Programme:
F. Mendelssohn - Songs without Words
Disc 1 : Op. 19, Op. 30, Op. 38, Op. 53
Disc 2 : Op. 62, Op. 67, Op. 85, Op. 102

© A production of the Jerusalem Music Centre
Recorded at The Jerusalem Music Centre in 1997
Producer: Abraham Gat
Tone Master: Vadim Beili
Editing: Vadim Beili, Ilia Beck
Booklet Notes: Michael Ajzenstadt
Art Director: Gill Lennox Hochstadt
Photography: Hans Nelman, Daniel Hakim