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Mendelssohn: The Hebrides | A Midsummer Night’s Dream

‘I have grown accustomed to composing in our garden…Today or tomorrow I am going to dream there A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. From the pen of the 17-year-old Mendelssohn sprang into life Shakespeare’s magical world of fairies, misguided lovers, rustic actors and a royal wedding.

This album is part of 1000 Years of Classical Music – a series of 100 volumes charting the history of music to be released on ABC Classics. More information can be found at the project’s website; www.1000YearsofClassicalMusic.com.

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra & Sebastian Lang-Lessing & West Australian Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Northey

 

Tracklist
  1. Overture "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 21
  2. Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, "Scottish": I. Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato
  3. Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, "Scottish": II. Vivace non troppo
  4. Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, "Scottish": III. Adagio
  5. Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, "Scottish": IV. Allegro vivacissimo
  6. The Hebrides, Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"
  7. Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N 16: IV. Saltarello (Presto)
  8. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental Music, Op. 61, MWV M 13: IX. Wedding March
    West Australian Symphony Orchestra & Benjamin Northey
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