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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Felix Mendelssohn (Artist), Andre [conductor] Previn (Artist), London Symphony Orchestra (Artist)
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1. Overture, in E major
2. Scherzo, in G minor
3. Elfenmarsch, in G minor
4. Bunte, Lied with chorus in A major/minor
5. Was du wirst erwachend sehn, Lied in G major
6. Intermezzo, in A minor
7. Welch hausbacknes Volk, Lied in E minor
8. Notturno, in E major
9. Andante, in C sharp minor
10. Hochzeitmarsch, in C major
11. Allegro commodo, in C major
12. Ein Tanz con Rupeln, in E major
13. Allegro vivace, in C major

On this CD:
  1. A Midsummer Night's Dream, overture, Op. 21
    Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
    Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
    with Lillian Watson, Delia Wallis, Finchley Children's Music Group
    Conducted by Andre Previn

  2. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61
    Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
    Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
    with Lillian Watson, Delia Wallis, Finchley Children's Music Group
    Conducted by Andre Previn


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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Enchanting performance of magic music, January 21, 2003
By Gontroppo "Music and Theology Lover" (Bathurst, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
  
Have you had the opportunity to hear Mendelssohn's music performed with the Shakespeare play? We went to a performance where veteran Shakespearean actors, husband and wife John Bell and Anna Volska, acted every single part in the play, while the Sydney Opera and Ballet Orchestra performed the music. [It took about 2 minutes to adjust to a cast of 2!]

Some people have called it "Great Music for a Silly Play," but I think both play and music are superb. By the way, it is not true that Mendelssohn wrote the music at the age of 17: he did write the overture then (which is an amazing feat), but the rest was written in his maturity.

This recording does *not* feature the play, too, but it is one of my favourites. It is one of the earliest CDs we bought, and it is terrific that it is still available.

The music is superb, and the performances of the orchestra, soloists and children's choir are top notch.

This is one of the best pieces of Nineteenth Century Music. You may find that you play it more frequently than most CDs in your collection.

Highly recommended.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Quite simply, the best Midsummer Nights Dream anywhere, August 2, 1999
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This EMI recording came out in the late 1970s, and quite simply, no one else has come close to capturing the sheer beauty and quicksilver lightness of Mendelssohn's scoring. Andre Previn and his London forces have done a masterful job. One of those discs that should never be allowed to go out of print.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars After thirty years, Previn's Mendelssohn is still enchanted, July 15, 2006
Andre Previn was at his freshest and most involved in 1976 when he made his acclaimed recording of Mendelssohn's complete Midsummer Night's Dream music, all 57 min. worth. It's become fashionable to include some spoken dialogue (as Abbado does on his Sony recording with the Berlin Phil.) so that we can capture the melding of Mendelssohn with Shakespeare. Previn's version is dialogue free, but he is unusually alert and sparkling here.

One secret is taking slower than normal tempos, which gives the orchestra space to phrase with more imagination. You really do participate in a wordless drama of romance and magic, and thanks to EMI's sterling engineering, which highlights all the delicious detials of the LSO's playing, thrice-familiar music sounds new and engaging. That's the secret--Previn doesn't tkae a single bar for granted, so listeners old and new can immrese themselves in Mendelsoohn's immortal fairy whimsy. Even the scaling back to a smaller orchestral sound--far removed from the symphonic breadth of, say, Klemperer--makes us feel that we have traveled to a world of delicate enchantment. Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!
This performance is as immortal as Wm. Shakespeare's words. It is virtually impossible for me to listen to many of these tracks without smiling,
Published 5 months ago by Carl Kirkland

4.0 out of 5 stars A midsummer nights dream
I bought this for my son because he was doing a term project on shakespear's A midsummer nights dream. Read more
Published on January 8, 2007 by Mrs. R. M. Teague

5.0 out of 5 stars a clear winner
What a CD can be?This recording tells you how excellent a work can be interpreted.Previn is one of my favorite conductor. Read more
Published on June 5, 2003 by dgg32

5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest: The Music Compliments Shakespeare's Comedy
Finally, a piece of orchestral music that compliments William Shakespeare's romantic comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, about scheming fairies and their manipulation of four... Read more
Published on January 11, 2003 by Rachel Garret

5.0 out of 5 stars Great performance of great music.
Mendelssohn's music for A Midsummer Night's Dream is a masterpiece -- perhaps his greatest composition. Read more
Published on July 29, 2002 by D. R. Schryer

5.0 out of 5 stars "If music be the food of love "
Like the reviewer before me mentioned, this is the best version of Midsummer Night's Dream out there. Read more
Published on October 29, 2000 by Rudy Avila

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