Romance sans paroles, op. 109 for cello and piano (urtext); Felix Mendelssohn (G. Henle Verlag)

Urtext edition, Edited by Ernst-Gunter Heinemann

• Fingering of piano part by Klaus Schilde, supplementary violoncello part marked by Claus Kannguisser

The cello favorite ''Romance sans paroles dediee a Mlle. Lise Christiani'' - thus described in the surviving autograph - was only published as op. 109 from the composer's estate in 1868. The French cellist Lise Christiani gave several concerts in Leipzig in October 1845, where she met with Mendelssohn and presumably commissioned him to write this charming work. It is the only ''Song without words'' that Mendelssohn wrote for two instruments, not piano solo.