«The Romances without words »Mendelssohn’s works are both very famous and very little known,’ explains Bertrand Chamayou. ‘There are forty-eight of them, but fewer than ten are regularly performed in concert.’

With this recording of the complete works, the French pianist restores these pieces of infinite delicacy to their rightful place. «They form a kind of private diary that Mendelssohn kept throughout his life. Devoid of words, they invite the pianist to imagine, breathe and sing like a voice, opening up a journey into an inner world.»

For Bertrand Chamayou, these works are inextricably linked to nostalgia: «Looking through them is like leafing through an old family album, where every picture brings a memory back to life.»