Mendelssohn : Incidental Music to "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Pro Musica - Budapest Festival Orchestra - Iván Fischer
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With one of the very best orchestras in the world, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, one of today’s most fascinating conductor, Iván Fischer, offers one of the most beautiful recent interpretations of Mendelssohn’s integral A Midsummer Night's Dream. In other words: first the Overture, the phenomenal stroke of genius of a seventeen-year-old – one can only wonder where he discovered all of these orchestral inventions, as in 1826, templates were still rare and Berlioz had yet to enter the musical scene. Afterwards, the remaining pieces were composed sixteen years later for the theatrical presentation of Shakespeare’s play with musical interludes: thirteen very diverse pieces, ranging from the fabulous Scherzo − a masterpiece of finesse and orchestral invention – to delicious singing moments, as well as a pre-Mahler funeral march (reminiscent of Frère Jacques from Mahler’s Symphony No. 1), the overly well-known wedding march, the grotesque dance, and many more. There is little doubt that this is, if not Mendelssohn’s greatest masterpiece, at least one of his absolute pinnacle works. Presented here in a truly irresistible interpretation. © SM/Qobuz
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Budapest Festival Orchestra - Ivan Fischer, conductor - Felix Mendelssohn, composer
(C) 2018 Channel Classics Records (P) 2018 Channel Classics Records
Budapest Festival Orchestra - Ivan Fischer, conductor - Felix Mendelssohn, composer
(C) 2018 Channel Classics Records (P) 2018 Channel Classics Records
Budapest Festival Orchestra - Ivan Fischer, conductor - Felix Mendelssohn, composer
(C) 2018 Channel Classics Records (P) 2018 Channel Classics Records
Anna Lucia Richter, soprano (First Fairy) - Barbara Kozelj, alto (Second Fairy) - Pro Musica (Women's Choir), Nyíregyháza - Budapest Festival Orchestra - Ivan Fischer, conductor - Felix Mendelssohn, composer
(C) 2018 Channel Classics Records (P) 2018 Channel Classics Records
Budapest Festival Orchestra - Ivan Fischer, conductor - Felix Mendelssohn, composer
(C) 2018 Channel Classics Records (P) 2018 Channel Classics Records
Budapest Festival Orchestra - Ivan Fischer, conductor - Felix Mendelssohn, composer
(C) 2018 Channel Classics Records (P) 2018 Channel Classics Records
Budapest Festival Orchestra - Ivan Fischer, conductor - Felix Mendelssohn, composer
(C) 2018 Channel Classics Records (P) 2018 Channel Classics Records
Budapest Festival Orchestra - Ivan Fischer, conductor - Felix Mendelssohn, composer
(C) 2018 Channel Classics Records (P) 2018 Channel Classics Records
Budapest Festival Orchestra - Ivan Fischer, conductor - Felix Mendelssohn, composer
(C) 2018 Channel Classics Records (P) 2018 Channel Classics Records
Budapest Festival Orchestra - Ivan Fischer, conductor - Felix Mendelssohn, composer
(C) 2018 Channel Classics Records (P) 2018 Channel Classics Records
Anna Lucia Richter, soprano - Budapest Festival Orchestra - Ivan Fischer, conductor - Fanny Mendelssohn, composer - Ludwig Hölty (1748-1776), poet
(C) 2018 Channel Classics Records (P) 2018 Channel Classics Records
Anna Lucia Richter, soprano - Budapest Festival Orchestra - Ivan Fischer, conductor - Fanny Mendelssohn, composer - Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773-1853), poet
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Anna Lucia Richter, soprano - Budapest Festival Orchestra - Ivan Fischer, conductor - Fanny Mendelssohn, composer - Emanuel von Geibel (1815-1884), poet
(C) 2018 Channel Classics Records (P) 2018 Channel Classics Records
Album Description
With one of the very best orchestras in the world, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, one of today’s most fascinating conductor, Iván Fischer, offers one of the most beautiful recent interpretations of Mendelssohn’s integral A Midsummer Night's Dream. In other words: first the Overture, the phenomenal stroke of genius of a seventeen-year-old – one can only wonder where he discovered all of these orchestral inventions, as in 1826, templates were still rare and Berlioz had yet to enter the musical scene. Afterwards, the remaining pieces were composed sixteen years later for the theatrical presentation of Shakespeare’s play with musical interludes: thirteen very diverse pieces, ranging from the fabulous Scherzo − a masterpiece of finesse and orchestral invention – to delicious singing moments, as well as a pre-Mahler funeral march (reminiscent of Frère Jacques from Mahler’s Symphony No. 1), the overly well-known wedding march, the grotesque dance, and many more. There is little doubt that this is, if not Mendelssohn’s greatest masterpiece, at least one of his absolute pinnacle works. Presented here in a truly irresistible interpretation. © SM/Qobuz
Details of original recording : Recorded January 2015, Palace of Arts, Budapest
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:26
- Main artist: Iván Fischer
- Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
- Label: Channel Classics Records
- Area: Allemagne
- Genre: Classical
- Period: Romantic Music
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24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo
(C) 2018 Channel Classics Records (P) 2018 Channel Classics Records
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