Symphonies nos. 1-5 / Overtures / A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Album by Felix Mendelssohn & Sir John Eliot Gardiner & London Symphony Orchestra
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Disc 1
- 1.Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 11: I. Allegro di molto10:14
- 2.Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 11: II. Andante6:32
- 3.Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 11: III. Scherzo: Sempre pianissimo e leggiero (1829 London version third movement)4:03
- 4.Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 11: III. Menuetto: Allegro molto (1824 original third movement)6:17
- 5.Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 11: IV. Allegro con fuoco8:05
- 6.Symphony no. 2, “Lobgesang”: no. 1. Sinfonia: Maestoso con moto11:44
- 7.Symphony no. 2, “Lobgesang”: no. 1. Sinfonia: Allegretto un poco agitato6:06
- 8.Symphony no. 2, “Lobgesang”: no. 1. Sinfonia: Adagio religioso6:25
- 9.Symphony no. 2, “Lobgesang”: no. 2. Allegro moderato maestoso “Alles was Odern hat, lobe den Herrn”4:09
- 10.Symphony no. 2, “Lobgesang”: no. 2. Molto più moderato ma con fuoco “Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele”2:44
- 11.Symphony no. 2, “Lobgesang”: no. 3. Recitativo “Saget es, die ihr erlöst seid durch den Herrn”0:52
- 12.Symphony no. 2, “Lobgesang”: no. 3. Allegro moderato “Er zählet unsre Tränen”2:17
- 13.Symphony no. 2, “Lobgesang”: no. 4. Chor: A tempo moderato “Sagt es, die ihr erlöset seid”1:45
- 14.Symphony no. 2, “Lobgesang”: no. 5. Andante “Ich harrete des Herrn”5:29
- 15.Symphony no. 2, “Lobgesang”: no. 6. Allegro un poco agitato “Stricke des Todes hatten uns umfangen”4:03
- 16.Symphony no. 2, “Lobgesang”: no. 7. Allegro maestoso e molto vivace “Die Nacht ist vergangen”4:17
- 17.Symphony no. 2, “Lobgesang”: no. 8. Choral: Andante con moto “Nun danket alle Gott”1:32
- 18.Symphony no. 2, “Lobgesang”: no. 8. Un poco più animato “Lob, Ehr und Preis sei Gott”2:55
- 19.Symphony no. 2, “Lobgesang”: no. 9. Andante sostenuto assai “Drum sing’ ich mit meinem Liede ewig dein Lob”4:17
- 20.Symphony no. 2, “Lobgesang”: no. 10. Schlusschor: Allegro non troppo “Ihr Völker! bringet her dem Herrn”5:22
- 21.Overture: Ruy Blas7:15
- 22.Symphony no. 3 in A minor: I. Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato15:01
- 23.Symphony no. 3 in A minor: II. Vivace non troppo4:11
- 24.Symphony no. 3 in A minor: III. Adagio8:55
- 25.Symphony no. 3 in A minor: IV. Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso assai9:43
Disc 2
- 1.Symphony no. 4 in A major, 'Italian', op. 90 (1833 version): I. Allegro vivace10:09
- 2.Symphony no. 4 in A major, 'Italian', op. 90 (1833 version): II. Andante con moto5:42
- 3.Symphony no. 4 in A major, 'Italian', op. 90 (1833 version): III. Menuetto: Con moto moderato5:47
- 4.Symphony no. 4 in A major, 'Italian', op. 90 (1833 version): IV. Finale (Saltarello): Presto5:21
- 5.Overture: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage11:47
- 6.Symphony no. 5 "Reformation": I. Andante – Allegro con fuoco11:00
- 7.Symphony no. 5 "Reformation": II. Allegro vivace4:45
- 8.Symphony no. 5 "Reformation": III. Adagio3:36
- 9.Symphony no. 5 "Reformation": IV. Choral: Ein' feste Brug ist unser Gott: Andante con moto - Allegro maestoso8:44
- 10.Overture: The Hebrides, "Fingal's Cave", op. 269:59
- 11.Overture: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 21: Allegro di molto6:20
- 12.Overture: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 21: Tempo primo5:50
- 13.A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: Prologue (Narration). “Ay me! for aught that I could ever read”1:03
- 14.A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 1. Scherzo4:19
- 15.A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 2. L’istesso tempo3:32
- 16.A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 2a. Allegro vivace2:12
- 17.A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 3. Lied mit Chor4:40
- 18.A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 4. Andante1:42
- 19.A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 5. Allegro appassionato4:19
- 20.A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 7. Nocturne (Con moto tranquillo)6:11
- 21.A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 8. Andante3:19
- 22.A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 9. Hochzeitmarsch (”Wedding March”) & no. 12. Allegro vivace come primo5:12
- 23.A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: Finale. Allegro di molto6:27







