A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & Philharmonia Orchestra & Sir Neville Marriner

A Midsummer Night's Dream is incidental music by Felix Mendelssohn, composed in 1842. Characterised by light orchestration, lyrical melodies and vivid orchestral colour, the score blends Romantic harmonic language with theatrical and ballet elements and represents a bridge between the youthful overture Mendelssohn wrote in 1826 and his later mature works.
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  1. 1.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 21: Overture
    12:17
  2. 2.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61 no. 1: Scherzo. Allegro vivace
    5:08
  3. 3.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61 no. 2b: Fairies’ March
    1:37
  4. 4.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61 no. 3 “Ye Spotted Snakes”: Song With Chorus
    3:59
  5. 5.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61 no. 5: Intermezzo. Allegro appassionato
    2:11
  6. 6.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61 no. 7: Nocturne. Con moto tranquilo
    6:27
  7. 7.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61 no. 9: Wedding March
    4:13
  8. 8.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61 no. 10a: Prologue
    0:20
  9. 9.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61 no. 10b: Funeral March
    1:10
  10. 10.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61 no. 11: Dance of the Clowns
    1:30
  11. 11.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61 no. 12b: Finale. “Through This House Give Glimm’ring Light”
    4:39

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