Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn: Zwei Leben Fur die Musik (CD, Br-Klassik)

The highly musical siblings Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn spent a carefree youth in which music played an essential role. While Felix became a famous composer and conductor, Fanny had to subordinate her talent as a composer to a role as wife and mother according to the customs of the time. In his new audio biography, which in addition to Felix deliberately also focuses on Fanny Mendelssohn, Jörg Handstein describes the life story of these two important creatives of the early 19th century, who unfortunately died too early in 1847 (Felix was only 38, Fanny only 41 years old). The title of the audio biography is: ‘Two lives for music’. Linking Felix’s life and compositions with those of his older sister Fanny opens up profound insights into contemporary and musical history. The close connection between the two siblings, their similarly great musical talent, can be experienced vividly: in the biographical facts as well as in numerous musical examples of works by Felix and Fanny. The detailed audio biography is dedicated to both life stories, developed as usual on the basis of original sources and accompanied by numerous examples of impressive music: excitingly told, lively spoken and inspired music made.