Blu-ray, Hybrid SACD (CD layer), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Live Album by Mendelssohn; Monteverdi Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Released 3 February 2017

Tracklist

Blu-ray 1
1
Overture: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 21
Felix Mendelssohn
12:13
2
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: Prologue (Narration). “Ay me! for aught that I could ever read”
Felix Mendelssohn
1:03
3
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 1. Scherzo
Felix Mendelssohn
4:17
4
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 2. L’istesso tempo
Felix Mendelssohn
3:32
5
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 2a. Allegro vivace
Felix Mendelssohn
2:12
6
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 3. Lied mit Chor
Felix Mendelssohn
4:40
7
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 4. Andante
Felix Mendelssohn
1:41
8
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 5. Allegro appassionato
Felix Mendelssohn
4:19
9
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 7. Nocturne (Con moto tranquillo)
Felix Mendelssohn
6:11
10
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 8. Andante
Felix Mendelssohn
3:18
11
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 9. Hochzeitmarsch (”Wedding March”) & no. 12. Allegro vivace come primo
Felix Mendelssohn
5:12
12
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: Finale. Allegro di molto
Felix Mendelssohn
6:25
Hybrid SACD (CD layer) 2
1
Overture: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 21
Felix Mendelssohn
12:13
2
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: Prologue (Narration). “Ay me! for aught that I could ever read”
Felix Mendelssohn
1:03
3
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 1. Scherzo
Felix Mendelssohn
4:17
4
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 2. L’istesso tempo
Felix Mendelssohn
3:32
5
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 2a. Allegro vivace
Felix Mendelssohn
2:12
6
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 3. Lied mit Chor
Felix Mendelssohn
4:40
7
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 4. Andante
Felix Mendelssohn
1:41
8
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 5. Allegro appassionato
Felix Mendelssohn
4:19
9
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 7. Nocturne (Con moto tranquillo)
Felix Mendelssohn
6:11
10
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 8. Andante
Felix Mendelssohn
3:18
11
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 9. Hochzeitmarsch (”Wedding March”) & no. 12. Allegro vivace come primo
Felix Mendelssohn
5:12
12
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: Finale. Allegro di molto
Felix Mendelssohn
6:25
Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels) 3
1
Overture: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 21
Felix Mendelssohn
12:13
2
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: Prologue (Narration). “Ay me! for aught that I could ever read”
Felix Mendelssohn
1:03
3
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 1. Scherzo
Felix Mendelssohn
4:17
4
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 2. L’istesso tempo
Felix Mendelssohn
3:32
5
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 2a. Allegro vivace
Felix Mendelssohn
2:12
6
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 3. Lied mit Chor
Felix Mendelssohn
4:40
7
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 4. Andante
Felix Mendelssohn
1:41
8
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 5. Allegro appassionato
Felix Mendelssohn
4:19
9
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 7. Nocturne (Con moto tranquillo)
Felix Mendelssohn
6:11
10
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 8. Andante
Felix Mendelssohn
3:18
11
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 9. Hochzeitmarsch (”Wedding March”) & no. 12. Allegro vivace come primo
Felix Mendelssohn
5:12
12
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: Finale. Allegro di molto
Felix Mendelssohn
6:25
Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel) 4
1
Overture: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 21
Felix Mendelssohn
12:13
2
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: Prologue (Narration). “Ay me! for aught that I could ever read”
Felix Mendelssohn
1:03
3
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 1. Scherzo
Felix Mendelssohn
4:17
4
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 2. L’istesso tempo
Felix Mendelssohn
3:32
5
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 2a. Allegro vivace
Felix Mendelssohn
2:12
6
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 3. Lied mit Chor
Felix Mendelssohn
4:40
7
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 4. Andante
Felix Mendelssohn
1:41
8
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 5. Allegro appassionato
Felix Mendelssohn
4:19
9
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 7. Nocturne (Con moto tranquillo)
Felix Mendelssohn
6:11
10
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 8. Andante
Felix Mendelssohn
3:18
11
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: No. 9. Hochzeitmarsch (”Wedding March”) & no. 12. Allegro vivace come primo
Felix Mendelssohn
5:12
12
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, op. 61: Finale. Allegro di molto
Felix Mendelssohn
6:25

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Score

Score 2017

Release credits

Alexander Knox
spoken vocals [4.2-5, 4.8, 4.10-12, 1.2-5, 1.8, 1.10-12, 2.2-5, 2.8, 2.10-12, 3.2-5, 3.8, 3.10-12]
Andrew Stewart
liner notes
Ceri-lyn Cissone
spoken vocals [1.4, 1.6-8, 1.10, 1.12, 3.4, 3.6-8, 3.10, 3.12, 2.4, 2.6-8, 2.10, 2.12, 4.4, 4.6-8, 4.10, 4.12]
Frankie Wakefield
spoken vocals [2.5, 2.7, 2.10, 2.12, 1.5, 1.7, 1.10, 1.12, 4.5, 4.7, 4.10, 4.12, 3.5, 3.7, 3.10, 3.12]
Jonathan Stokes
recording
Lindsay Kemp
liner notes
London Symphony Orchestra
performing orchestra [2.1, 2.3-12, 3.1, 3.3-12, 1.1, 1.3-12, 4.1, 4.3-12], phonographic copyright
Monteverdi Choir
choir vocals [2.6, 3.6, 1.6, 4.6]
Neil Hutchinson
balance, editor, mix
Nicholas Parker
editor, producer
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
conductor [1.1, 1.3-12, 2.1, 2.3-12, 4.1, 4.3-12, 3.1, 3.3-12]

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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Digital Media
3 February 2017
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Digital Media
16 March 2017
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Blu-ray, Hybrid SACD (CD layer), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel)
16 March 2017