A Midsummer Night's Dream: Complete Incidental Music

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & London Symphony Orchestra & André Previn

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Complete Incidental Music is the complete incidental music composed by Felix Mendelssohn for Shakespeare's play, completed in 1843. The music blends Romantic orchestral colours with light, lyrical themes and choral passages, expanding the earlier overture into a full stage score and reflecting Mendelssohn's mature engagement with theatrical composition.
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  1. 1.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: Overture, op. 21
    12:26
  2. 2.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: I. Scherzo (after Act 1)
    4:52
  3. 3.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: II. “Over hill, over dale”
    2:10
  4. 4.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: III. “Ye spotted snakes”
    4:26
  5. 5.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: IV. The Spells
    0:51
  6. 6.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: V. Entr’acte (Hermia Seeks Lysander and entry of the Rude Mechanicals)
    3:29
  7. 7.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: VI. “What hempen homespuns”
    5:07
  8. 8.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: VII. Nocturne
    7:13
  9. 9.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: VIII. The Removal of the Spells
    2:08
  10. 10.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: IX. Wedding March (after Act 4)
    5:09
  11. 11.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: X. Fanfare and Funeral March
    1:32
  12. 12.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: XI. Bergomask
    1:41
  13. 13.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: XII. Wedding March (reprise)
    0:52
  14. 14.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: XIII. Finale. "Through the house"
    4:58

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