Symphony no. 4 / A Midsummer Night's Dream

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Charles Mackerras

Symphony No. 4 and A Midsummer Night's Dream are two orchestral works by Felix Mendelssohn, composed in 1833 and 1842 respectively. They showcase Mendelssohn's early-Romantic idiom with bright, agile orchestration and lyrical motifs in the symphony alongside illustrative, programme-driven theatre music that emphasises light textures and evocative orchestral colour, and together they represent key examples of his contributions to nineteenth-century orchestral and incidental music.

Symphony no. 4 / A Midsummer Night's Dream by Mendelssohn - album cover

First released: 29th January 2002

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1.
Symphony No. 4 in A major Op. 90, 'Italian': I. Allegro vivace - Più animato
10:28
2.
Symphony No. 4 in A major Op. 90, 'Italian': II. Andante con moto
5:37
3.
Symphony No. 4 in A major Op. 90, 'Italian': III. Con moto oderato
6:43
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Symphony No. 4 in A major Op. 90, 'Italian': IV. Saltarello (Presto)
5:43
5.
A Midsummer Night's Dream Opp. 21 and 61: Overture, Op. 21
11:56
6.
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Incidental Music Op.61: Scherzo : Allegro vivace
4:39
7.
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Incidental Music Op.61: Over Hill and Dale : L'istesso tempo - Allegro vivace
1:29
8.
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Incidental Music Op.61: Allegro vivace
0:28
9.
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Incidental Music Op.61: Intermezzo : Allegro appassionato
3:45
10.
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Incidental Music Op.61: Notturno : Andante tranquillo
5:49
11.
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Incidental Music Op.61: Dance of the Clowns : Allegro di molto
1:36
12.
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Incidental Music Op.61: Wedding March : Allegro vivace
4:57