Mendelssohn-Felix Mendelssohn’s Opus 65 1-6 comprises the six Organ sonatas in F minor C minor A major Eb major D major and D minor which are essential repertoire forall organists. Some of the shorter movements are within the grasp of players of Grade 4 standard whilst many showcase movements are recital staples.

3 Preludes and Fugues Op.37; 6 Sonatas Op.65

Mendelssohn produced an early work for Organ in 1837 but it was a London music publishing firm who commissioned the first of his mature Organ works. The second half of the commissioned pieces are published in this volume. Mendelssohn himself saved all his manuscripts and they have survived in libraries in Berlin and Krakow providing the subtitle of this book.Eleven movements are included here …

The three piano sonatas by Joachim Raff (1822?1882) representing his three main creative phases occupy a special position among his more than 100 piano pieces. They reflect a significant compositional aspiration whereas Raff otherwise frequently leans towards the salon-music genre in his piano music. Raff composed the early sonata op. 14 in 1844 after his first works were positively evaluated a…

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