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: Incidental Music, op. 61: Overture, op. 21
    12:31
  2. 2.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: Scherzo
    4:52
  3. 3.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: "Over hill, over dale"
    2:13
  4. 4.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: "You spotted snakes with double tongues"
    4:25
  5. 5.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: The Spells
    0:51
  6. 6.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: Entr'acte (Hermia seeks Lysander and entry of the rude mechanicals)
    3:32
  7. 7.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: "What hempen homespuns"
    5:12
  8. 8.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: Nocturne
    7:15
  9. 9.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: The Removal of the Spells
    2:13
  10. 10.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: Wedding March
    5:09
  11. 11.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: Fanfare and Funeral March
    1:32
  12. 12.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: A Dance of Clowns
    1:41
  13. 13.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: Wedding March (reprise)
    0:57
  14. 14.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: Finale: "Through this house give glimmering light"
    4:58

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