★ 32 Cannon Street, Poughkeepsie NY

Your cart

Your cart is empty

Check out these collections

New Vinyl
Coming Soon
Back In The Bins

Ivan Fischer- Mendelssohn: Overture & Incidental Music To A (CD)

SKU: 723385374183
¥152.00
the album cover for Ivan Fischer - Mendelssohn: Overture & Incidental Music To A
the album cover for Ivan Fischer - Mendelssohn: Overture & Incidental Music To A

Mendelssohn's Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream was written in 1842, on a commission from King Frederick William IV of Prussia. The king was inspired by a presentation of Sophocles's Antigone which featured music by Mendelssohn, and was the first of several commissions for the composer to write music to accompany the king's favorite plays. It is interesting to note that the work's dazzling overture was actually written a full sixteen years earlier, and was not originally intended to be performed in conjunction with Shakespeare's play. This recording from Ivan Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra captures the magical spirit of this music as never before. The program is complemented appropriately by three orchestral songs of Fanny Mendelssohn.

Tracklist:

  1. "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Overture, Op. 21
  2. Incidental Music To "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61: I. Scherzo - Allegro Vivace
  3. Incidental Music To "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61: II Allegro Vivace
  4. Incidental Music To "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61: III. Lied Mit Chor
  5. Incidental Music To "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61: IV. Intermezzo - V. Allegro Apassionato
  6. Incidental Music To "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61: VII. Nocturne. Con Moto Tranquillo - VIII. Andante
  7. Incidental Music To "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61: IX. Hochzeitmarsch "Wedding March" - Allegro Vi
  8. Incidental Music To "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61: X. Funeral March - Andante Comodo
  9. Incidental Music To "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61: XII. Dance Of The Clowns - Allegro Di Molto
  10. Incidental Music To "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61: Finale - Allegro Di Molto
  11. 6 Lieder, Op. 9: VI. Die Mainacht
  12. 6 Lieder, Op. 9: II. Ferne
  13. 6 Songs, Op. 1: VI. Gondel Song "O Come To Me"
Format: New CD/Classical

Ivan Fischer- Mendelssohn: Overture & Incidental Music To A (CD)

SKU: 723385374183
¥152.00

Release Date: 06.22.2018

 
Shipping calculated at checkout.

> Due to the current limited nature of music titles, ALL CD & Vinyl purchases are limited to FOUR copies per customer, per item. If you place multiple orders for multiples of the same title, your subsequent orders will be canceled.

Mendelssohn's Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream was written in 1842, on a commission from King Frederick William IV of Prussia. The king was inspired by a presentation of Sophocles's Antigone which featured music by Mendelssohn, and was the first of several commissions for the composer to write music to accompany the king's favorite plays. It is interesting to note that the work's dazzling overture was actually written a full sixteen years earlier, and was not originally intended to be performed in conjunction with Shakespeare's play. This recording from Ivan Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra captures the magical spirit of this music as never before. The program is complemented appropriately by three orchestral songs of Fanny Mendelssohn.

Tracklist:

  1. "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Overture, Op. 21
  2. Incidental Music To "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61: I. Scherzo - Allegro Vivace
  3. Incidental Music To "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61: II Allegro Vivace
  4. Incidental Music To "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61: III. Lied Mit Chor
  5. Incidental Music To "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61: IV. Intermezzo - V. Allegro Apassionato
  6. Incidental Music To "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61: VII. Nocturne. Con Moto Tranquillo - VIII. Andante
  7. Incidental Music To "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61: IX. Hochzeitmarsch "Wedding March" - Allegro Vi
  8. Incidental Music To "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61: X. Funeral March - Andante Comodo
  9. Incidental Music To "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61: XII. Dance Of The Clowns - Allegro Di Molto
  10. Incidental Music To "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 61: Finale - Allegro Di Molto
  11. 6 Lieder, Op. 9: VI. Die Mainacht
  12. 6 Lieder, Op. 9: II. Ferne
  13. 6 Songs, Op. 1: VI. Gondel Song "O Come To Me"