A Midsummer Night's Dream

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & Jordi Savall

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a set of incidental music by German composer Felix Mendelssohn, composed in 1842 for productions of Shakespeare's play. The score combines lyrical orchestral melodies, fleet scherzo-like figures and delicate woodwind and string textures to evoke a fairy-tale atmosphere, and it represents a mature example of Mendelssohn's dramatic orchestral writing that contributed to Romantic-era theatrical scoring.
First released: 18th October 2024

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 21 (1826): I. Ouverture (Allegro di molto)
    13:04
  2. 2.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (1843): II. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
    4:45
  3. 3.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (1843): III. Melodram Recitations and Music. How now, spirit!
    3:28
  4. 4.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (1843): IV. March Of The Elves and Recitations. (Allegro vivace)
    5:47
  5. 5.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (1843): V. Lied mit Chor Music and Recitations. You spotted snakes
    4:37
  6. 6.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (1843): VI. Melodram Recitations and Music. What thou seest
    2:51
  7. 7.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (1843): VII. Intermezzo (Allegro appasionato-Allegro molto comodo)
    3:11
  8. 8.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (1843): VIII. Melodram Recitations and Music. Are we all met?
    15:35
  9. 9.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (1843): IX. Notturno (Andante tranquillo)
    5:30
  10. 10.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (1843): X. Melodram Recitations and Music. Welcome, good Robin
    4:26
  11. 11.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (1843): XI. Wedding March (Allegro vivace)
    4:53
  12. 12.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (1843): XII. Melodram Recitations and Music. Say, what abridgement
    2:55
  13. 13.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (1843): XIII. Marcia Funebre Recitations and Music.
    1:54
  14. 14.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (1843): XIV. Ein Tanz von Rüpeln (Allegro di molto)
    2:07
  15. 15.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (1843): XV. Melodram Recitations and Music. Now the hungry lion
    1:07
  16. 16.
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (1843): XVI. Finale Music and Recitations. (Allegro di molto) Through the house
    5:58