Everyone naturally thinks first of his wonderful Songs without Words, from which we have chosen a varied selection here. But there are other pieces in this volume that are no less fascinating, such as several of his enchanting children's pieces, which belong alongside Robert Schumann's Kinderszenen. In compositions such as the Prelude in f minor, we can also discern the love that Mendelssohn the German Romantic bore for the polyphony of J. S. Bach. Includes: Six Children's Pieces op. 72: no. 1 Allegro non troppo; Six Children's Pieces op. 72, no. 3: Allegretto; Six Children's Pieces op. 72, no. 5: Allegro assai; Venetian Gondola Song in G minor op. 19, no. 6; Venetian Gondoloa Song in F sharp minor op. 30, no. 6; Spring Song op. 62, no. 6; Venetian Gondola Song in A minor op. 62, no. 5; Character Piece op. 7, no. 1 in E.