A Midsummer Night's Dream

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa

A Midsummer Night's Dream is incidental music by German composer Felix Mendelssohn, composed in 1842. The score combines lyrical orchestral writing, delicate scherzo textures and choral interludes to accompany Shakespeare's play, reflecting Mendelssohn's development into mature theatrical scoring.
First released: 1st August 1994

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Overture "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 21
    11:55
  2. 2.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 No. 1: Scherzo - Allegro vivace
    4:47
  3. 3.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 No. 2: L'istesso tempo
    1:51
  4. 4.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: March of the Fairies. Allegro vivace
    1:37
  5. 5.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 No. 3: Song with Chorus "Bunte Schlangen, zweigezüngt". Allegro ma non troppo
    4:44
  6. 6.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 No. 4: The Speels. Andante - Allegro molto
    0:41
  7. 7.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 No. 5: Intermezzo. Allegro appassionato
    4:07
  8. 8.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 No. 7: Notturno
    6:20
  9. 9.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 No. 8: Melodram. Andante
    2:32
  10. 10.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 No. 9: Wedding March. Allegro vivace
    5:06
  11. 11.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 No. 10a: Prologue
    0:47
  12. 12.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 No. 10b: Marcia funebre. Allegro comodo
    1:33
  13. 13.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 No. 11: Dance of the Clowns
    2:04
  14. 14.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 No. 12: Allegro vivace come 1
    1:40
  15. 15.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: Finale "Bei des Feuers mattem Flimmern"
    5:48

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