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As beautiful and complete a performance of Mendelssohn's incidental music from A Midsummer Night's Dream as there has ever been, this recording comes with all of the fanfares, interludes, dances, songs (exquisitely sung by Rebecca Evans and Joyce DiDonato), choruses, and even the melodramas that other recordings usually omit. As a bonus, it also includes the roughest, brashest, and most brilliant a performance of Mendelssohn's concert Overture for Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas as has ever been recorded. Every intention of the composer is fulfilled here, from the out-of-the-abyss low brass in the opening through the heroic cello theme that leads to apotheosis. The tone of the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris ranges from the sublime -- its enchanting flute chords that open and close the music -- to the ridiculous -- the braying of Bottom -- to the awesome -- the brass throughout Ruy Blas. John Nelson is a great Mendelssohn conductor: his A Midsummer Night's Dream shimmers and sparkles and his Ruy Blas barks and roars.
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Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - John Nelson, Conductor, MainArtist - Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - John Nelson, Conductor, MainArtist - Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Orchestra
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Julie Covington, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Etiénne Collard, Producer - John Nelson, Conductor, MainArtist - Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Orchestra - Jean Chatauret, Engineer - Michael Wood, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Martin Young, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Phil Edmonds, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Diana Quick, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Bénédicte Roy, Engineer - Nicola Gurrey, Narrator, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Julie Covington, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Etiénne Collard, Producer - Le Jeune Choeur de Paris, Choir, FeaturedArtist - John Nelson, Conductor, MainArtist - Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Orchestra - Rebecca Evans, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Jean Chatauret, Engineer - Michael Wood, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Martin Young, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Bénédicte Roy, Engineer - Nicola Gurrey, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Michael Coveney, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Robert Buckman, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Wendy Greenhill, Narrator, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Etiénne Collard, Producer - Oxford and Cambridge Shakespeare Company, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - John Nelson, Conductor, MainArtist - Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Orchestra - Jean Chatauret, Engineer - Bénédicte Roy, Engineer
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - John Nelson, Conductor, MainArtist - Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Orchestra - Jean Chatauret, Engineer - Bénédicte Roy, Engineer
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Julie Covington, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Etiénne Collard, Producer - John Green, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - John Nelson, Conductor, MainArtist - Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Orchestra - Martin Young, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Jonathan James Moore, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Nicola Gurrey, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Michael Coveney, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Robert Buckman, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Jeremy Treglown, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Mark Wing Davey, Narrator, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Etiénne Collard, Producer - John Nelson, Conductor, MainArtist - Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Orchestra - Jean Chatauret, Engineer - Michael Wood, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Martin Young, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Michael Howarth, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Phil Edmonds, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Diana Quick, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Bénédicte Roy, Engineer - Wendy Greenhill, Narrator, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Etiénne Collard, Producer - John Nelson, Conductor, MainArtist - Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Orchestra - Jean Chatauret, Engineer - Bénédicte Roy, Engineer
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Etiénne Collard, Producer - John Green, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - John Nelson, Conductor, MainArtist - Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Orchestra - Jean Chatauret, Engineer - Michael Wood, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Martin Young, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Bénédicte Roy, Engineer - Nicola Gurrey, Narrator, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Etiénne Collard, Producer - John Nelson, Conductor, MainArtist - Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Orchestra - Jean Chatauret, Engineer - Bénédicte Roy, Engineer
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Etiénne Collard, Producer - John Green, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - John Nelson, Conductor, MainArtist - Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Orchestra - STEPHEN WRIGHT, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Jean Chatauret, Engineer - Bénédicte Roy, Engineer - Jeremy Treglown, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Mark Wing Davey, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Jonathan James-Moore, Narrator, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Etiénne Collard, Producer - John Green, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - John Nelson, Conductor, MainArtist - Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Orchestra - Jean Chatauret, Engineer - Bénédicte Roy, Engineer
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Etiénne Collard, Producer - John Nelson, Conductor, MainArtist - Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Orchestra - Jean Chatauret, Engineer - Michael Wood, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Martin Young, Narrator, FeaturedArtist - Bénédicte Roy, Engineer - Nicola Gurrey, Narrator, FeaturedArtist
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Etiénne Collard, Producer - Le Jeune Choeur de Paris, Choir, FeaturedArtist - John Nelson, Conductor, MainArtist - Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Orchestra - Rebecca Evans, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Jean Chatauret, Engineer - Bénédicte Roy, Engineer
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Etiénne Collard, Producer - John Nelson, Conductor, MainArtist - Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Orchestra - Jean Chatauret, Engineer - Bénédicte Roy, Engineer
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
Album review
As beautiful and complete a performance of Mendelssohn's incidental music from A Midsummer Night's Dream as there has ever been, this recording comes with all of the fanfares, interludes, dances, songs (exquisitely sung by Rebecca Evans and Joyce DiDonato), choruses, and even the melodramas that other recordings usually omit. As a bonus, it also includes the roughest, brashest, and most brilliant a performance of Mendelssohn's concert Overture for Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas as has ever been recorded. Every intention of the composer is fulfilled here, from the out-of-the-abyss low brass in the opening through the heroic cello theme that leads to apotheosis. The tone of the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris ranges from the sublime -- its enchanting flute chords that open and close the music -- to the ridiculous -- the braying of Bottom -- to the awesome -- the brass throughout Ruy Blas. John Nelson is a great Mendelssohn conductor: his A Midsummer Night's Dream shimmers and sparkles and his Ruy Blas barks and roars.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:01
- Main artists: John Nelson
- Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Classical
A Warner Classics/Erato release, © 2010 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Limited
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