| 1 | Introduction | 00:10 |
| 2 | Die beiden Neffen oder Der Onkel aus Boston (Auszug) | 00:10 |
| 2 | Ouvertüre | 01:14 |
| 3 | Der Onkel aus Boston ("The Uncle from Boston"), a three-act dramatic work by Felix Mendelssohn, begun in May 1822 and... | 06:59 |
| 4 | Kinderstücke op. 72 Nr. 1-6 (Auszug) | 06:59 |
| 4 | Nr. 1 Allegro non troppo | 00:59 |
| 5 | An extract from Mendelssohn's piano collection Kinderstücke ("Children's Pieces"), published after the composer's... | 02:57 |
| 6 | Lied zum Geburtstag meines guten Vaters | 01:12 |
| 7 | By his early teens, Mendelssohn had already acquired an impressive portfolio of musical compositions across a range of.. | 05:40 |
| 8 | Oktett Es-Dur op. 20 (für Streichinstrumente) (Auszug) | 05:40 |
| 8 | 3. Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo | 01:00 |
| 9 | A similar musical atmosphere was created in the second of Mendelssohn's towering early works: his Overture to A... | 00:55 |
| 10 | Ein Sommernachtstraum (op. 21 (Ouvertüre) und op. 61 (Schauspielmusik)) (Auszug) | 00:55 |
| 10 | Ouvertüre | 01:35 |
| 11 | The period also witnessed the intensification of Mendelssohn's historical interest in earlier styles, particularly... | 03:10 |
| 12 | Hora est (Antiphona et Responsorium) | 02:22 |
| 13 | 1829 saw the beginning of Mendelssohn's Grand Tour of Europe, a series of excursions that took the composer north to... | 02:31 |
| 14 | Die Hebriden op. 26 "Fingalshöhle" (Ouvertüre) | 01:06 |
| 15 | At the home of a wealthy mine owner in north Wales, the next step in his tour, Mendelssohn first contemplated a large-.. | 04:49 |
| 16 | Sinfonie Nr. 4 A-Dur op. 90 "Italienische" (Auszug) | 04:49 |
| 16 | 4. Saltarello: Presto | 01:08 |
| 17 | The second opportunity to present itself on Mendelssohn's return to Berlin, following his European tour, was the... | 02:08 |
| 18 | Ouvertüre C-Dur op. 101 (Trompetenouvertüre) | 00:47 |
| 19 | The success of Mendelssohn's directorship of the Düsseldorf festival - to one commentator, "the greatest public... | 05:19 |
| 20 | Paulus op. 36 (Oratorium) (Auszug) | 05:19 |
| 20 | How lovely are the messengers | 01:41 |
| 21 | Roughly one month earlier, the 9th of September 1836, Mendelssohn had become engaged to Cécile Jeanrenaud... | 02:58 |
| 22 | Motetten op. 39 Nr. 1-3 (Auszug) | 02:58 |
| 22 | Nr. 1 Veni, Domine (Hear my prayer, O Lord) | 00:51 |
| 23 | The next few years in Leipzig witnessed the completion of Mendelssohn's string quartets Op. 44, his Piano Trio in D... | 03:30 |
| 24 | Sonate für Orgel c-moll op. 65 Nr. 2 (Auszug) | 03:30 |
| 24 | 2. Allegro maestoso e vivace | 01:05 |
| 25 | It is easy to forget that, while Mendelssohn was most famous during his lifetime as a composer, conductor and virtuoso.. | 03:11 |
| 26 | Konzert für Violine und Orchester e-moll op. 64 (Auszug) | 03:11 |
| 26 | 3. Allegro molto vivace | 01:09 |
| 27 | Hear My Prayer, a short standalone piece of sacred choral music also composed in 1844, cannot be described as a... | 01:02 |
| 28 | Hör mein Bitten, Herr (Hear My prayer, O Lord) (Hymne) | 01:28 |
| 29 | Ten years after the premiere of St Paul, Mendelssohn turned his attention once again to the genre of the oratorio: the.. | 02:06 |
| 30 | Elias op. 70 (Oratorium) (Auszug) | 02:06 |
| 30 | Alsdann wird euer Licht hervorbrechen | 00:45 |
| 31 | Mendelssohn died on the 4th of November 1847 following a series of strokes. | 03:37 |
| 32 | Lieder ohne Worte op. 62 Nr. 1-6 (Auszug) | 03:37 |
| 32 | Nr. 4 Lied ohne Worte G-Dur | 01:29 |