Mendelssohnʼs relationship with the violin was a special one. Although he had a profound command of this instrument and throughout his life was often heard playing the violin and even the viola, his main focus remained on his principal instrument, the piano. This edition is dedicated exclusively to Mendelssohnʼs early works for violin and piano from the years 1819 to 1821. They were written during Mendelssohnʼs composition studies with Carl Friedrich Zelter and have been handed down to us in his...

• Andante in D minor MWV Q 4
• Fugue in D minor MWV Q 5
• Minuet in G major MWV Q 8
• [Prelude] in D minor and [Fugue] in G minor MWV Z1/97
• Undesignated Piece in G minor MWV Z1/104