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Lieder ohne Worte III, Op. 38 : Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte III, Op. 38: III. Presto e molto vivace, MWV U107 "La harpe du poète" by Daniel Barenboim album cover

Lieder ohne Worte III, Op. 38 : Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte III, Op. 38: III. Presto e molto vivace, MWV U107 "La harpe du poète"

by Daniel Barenboim

About This Song

About "Lieder ohne Worte III, Op. 38 : Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte III, Op. 38: III. Presto e molto vivace, MWV U107 "La harpe du poète"" by Daniel Barenboim

Barenboim teases out the harp-like arpeggios of Mendelssohn's 'La harpe du poète' with quicksilver precision. The presto marking feels less like haste than a poet's fingers dancing over strings—vivid, articulate, yet shadowed by an undercurrent of wistful longing that never quite resolves.