| Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) - A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1994)
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| Cover Front |
Album |
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| Composer |
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) |
| Conductor |
Seiji Ozawa |
| Orchestra / Ensemble I |
Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| Length |
55:32 |
| Format |
CD |
| Genre |
Vocal; Incidental Music |
| Chorus I |
Tanglewood Festival Chorus |
| Index |
316 |
| Out of Print |
Yes |
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| Musicians |
| Soloist |
Battle; von Stade |
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| Credits |
| Producer |
Christian Gansch |
| Label |
Deutsche Grammophon |
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| Track List |
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| 01 |
Ein Sommernachtstraum: Overture, Op. 21 |
11:55 |
| 02 |
Incidental Music, Op. 61: No. 1: Scherzo "How now, spirit (Narrator) |
04:47 |
| 03 |
No. 2: "Over hill, over dale" (Narrator) |
01:51 |
| 04 |
No. 2: [March of the Fairies] "I know a bank" (Narrator) |
01:37 |
| 05 |
No. 3: Song with Chorus "Come, now a roundel" (Narrator); "You spotted snakes" (First and Second Fairy, Chorus) |
04:44 |
| 06 |
No. 4: "What thou see'st when thou dost wake" (Narrator) |
00:41 |
| 07 |
"Help me, Lysander, help me!" (Narrator); No. 5 [Intermezzo] |
04:07 |
| 08 |
"On the ground" (Narrator); No. 7: [Nocturne] |
06:20 |
| 09 |
"Her dotage now I do begin to pity" (Narrator); No. 8: "Be as thou wast wont to be" (Narrator) |
02:32 |
| 10 |
No. 9: Wedding March |
05:06 |
| 11 |
"Gentiles, perchance you wonder at this show" (Narrator); No. 10: "Anon comes Pyramus" (Narrator) |
00:47 |
| 12 |
No. 10: Marcia funebre |
01:33 |
| 13 |
"Will it please you to see the epilogue" (Narrator); No. 11: A Dance of Clowns "The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve" (Narrator) |
02:04 |
| 14 |
No. 12: "Now the hungry lion roars" (Narrator) |
01:40 |
| 15 |
No. 13: Finale "Through the house give glimmering light" (Narrator); "Through this house give glimmering light" (First Fairy, Chorus) |
05:48 |
| Personal |
| Purchase Date |
10/13/1998 |
| Value |
$16.50 |
| Store |
BMG |
| Condition |
100% |
| Nationality |
German |
| Language |
English |
| Period |
Romantic |
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| Details |
| Studio |
Symphony Hall, Boston |
| Catalog Number |
439 897-2 |
| Live |
No |
| Recording Date |
10/1/1992 |
| Spars |
DDD |
| Reissue |
No |
| Sound |
Stereo |
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| Notes |
Kathleen Battle: First Fairy
Frederica Von Stade: Second Fairy
Judi Dench: Narrator
Text edited for a single narrator by Evans Mirageas and Seiji Ozawa
Notes, text and translation
Essay: John Warrack |
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