A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture & Symphony No. 3 in A Minor “Scottish”

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Sir Colin Davis

This release pairs two orchestral works by Felix Mendelssohn: an early overture composed in 1826 and his Third Symphony in A minor completed in 1842. Both pieces display early Romantic orchestral language—luminous woodwind and string textures, fleet scherzo-like passages and evocative programme-inspired gestures—and the symphony in particular marks Mendelssohn's mature engagement with landscape-inspired symphonic form within mid-19th-century musical developments.
First released: 1st July 2016

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, Op. 21, MWV P3
    12:28
  2. 2.
    Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, MWV N 18 “Scottish”: I. Allegro un poco agitato - Andante come prima
    14:06
  3. 3.
    Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, MWV N 18 “Scottish”: II. Vivace non troppo
    4:27
  4. 4.
    Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, MWV N 18 “Scottish”: III. Adagio
    11:16
  5. 5.
    Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, MWV N 18 “Scottish”: IV. Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso assai
    9:56