I should like to call the pieces “3 Sonatas for the Organ” instead of “Voluntaries”.
Tell me if you like this title as well, if not,
I think “Voluntaries” will suit the pieces also, the more so as I do not know what
it means precisely.
Felix Mendelssohn wrote these lines to Charles Coventry in a letter dated 29 August 1844. Coventry was the proprietor of the English music publisher Coventry & Hollier and a great admirer of his friend Mendelssohn. As background for their correspondence in late summer of 1844, Mendelssohn
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 1- I. Allegro moderato e serioso
05:54
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 1- II. Adagio
02:49
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 1- III. Andante recitativo
02:38
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 1- IV. Allegro assai
03:12
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 2- I. Grave
01:28
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 2- I. Adagio
02:44
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 2- II. Allegro maestoso e vivace
02:13
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 2- III. Fuga Allegro moderato
03:48
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 3- I. Con moto maestoso
07:32
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 3- II. Andante tranquillo
02:10
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 4- I. Allegro con brio
03:39
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 4- II. Andante religioso
02:05
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 4- III. Allegretto
03:48
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 4- IV. Allegro maestoso e vivace
03:53
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 5- I. Andante
01:18
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 5- II. Andante con moto
02:34
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 5- III. Allegro maestoso
04:21
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 6- I. Choral - Andante sostenuto - Allegro Molto
08:36
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 6- II. Fuga
02:28
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Six Organ Sonatas Op. 65- Sonata 6- III. Finale - Andante
02:27
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Nine pieces without opus numbers- Allegro in B-flat major
02:54
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Nine pieces without opus numbers- Allegretto in D minor
02:16
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Nine pieces without opus numbers- Allegro moderato maestoso in C major
02:16
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Nine pieces without opus numbers- Fugue in F minor - Andate sostenuto
04:34
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Nine pieces without opus numbers- Andante in F major
02:53
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Nine pieces without opus numbers- Fugue in B-flat major
03:32
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Nine pieces without opus numbers- Allegro, Choral and Fugue in D minor/D major
07:39
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Nine pieces without opus numbers- Andante and Variations in D major
05:11
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Nine pieces without opus numbers- Nachspiel in D major
04:57
Total time: 01:45:49
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