A Midsummer Night's Dream
Album by Mendelssohn, Shakespeare; The Peter Hall Company, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate
Released 1992
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1A Midsummer Night's Dream: OvertureFelix Mendelssohn12:29
- 2A Midsummer Night's Dream: Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour / Draws on apace...William Shakespeare2:24
- 3A Midsummer Night's Dream: Ay me, for aught that ever I could read...William Shakespeare2:33
- 4A Midsummer Night's Dream: Is all our company here?William Shakespeare3:23
- 5A Midsummer Night's Dream: ScherzoFelix Mendelssohn4:36
- 6A Midsummer Night's Dream: How now, spirit, whither wander you?William Shakespeare2:12
- 7A Midsummer Night's Dream: Allegro vivaceFelix Mendelssohn1:06
- 8A Midsummer Night's Dream: Ill met by moonlight, proud TitaniaWilliam Shakespeare2:34
- 9A Midsummer Night's Dream: Allegro vivaceFelix Mendelssohn0:15
- 10A Midsummer Night's Dream: Well, go thy way...William Shakespeare1:59
- 11A Midsummer Night's Dream: I love thee not, therefore pursue me not...William Shakespeare1:13
- 12A Midsummer Night's Dream: Fare thee well, nymph...William Shakespeare1:25
- 13A Midsummer Night's Dream: Come, now a roundel, and a fairy songWilliam Shakespeare, Felix Mendelssohn4:36
- 14A Midsummer Night's Dream: What thou seest when thou dost wakeWilliam Shakespeare, Felix Mendelssohn0:28
- 15A Midsummer Night's Dream: Fair love, you faint with wandering in the woodWilliam Shakespeare1:00
- 16A Midsummer Night's Dream: Through the forest have I gone...William Shakespeare, Felix Mendelssohn1:02
- 17A Midsummer Night's Dream: Stay though thou kill me, sweet Demetrius...William Shakespeare2:29
- 18A Midsummer Night's Dream: IntermezzoFelix Mendelssohn3:05
- CD 2
- 1A Midsummer Night's Dream: Are we all met?William Shakespeare, Felix Mendelssohn3:46
- 2A Midsummer Night's Dream: What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?William Shakespeare, Felix Mendelssohn4:20
- 3A Midsummer Night's Dream: I wonder if Titania be awaked...William Shakespeare, Felix Mendelssohn3:41
- 4A Midsummer Night's Dream: Why should you think that I should woo in scorn?William Shakespeare4:46
- 5A Midsummer Night's Dream: Stay, gentle Helena, hear my excuse...William Shakespeare4:33
- 6A Midsummer Night's Dream: This is thy negligence...William Shakespeare2:06
- 7A Midsummer Night's Dream: Up & Down / Up & DownWilliam Shakespeare, Felix Mendelssohn4:02
- 8A Midsummer Night's Dream: NocturneFelix Mendelssohn6:29
- 9A Midsummer Night's Dream: Her dotage now I do begin to pity...William Shakespeare, Felix Mendelssohn3:00
- 10A Midsummer Night's Dream: My lord, this is my daughter here asleep...William Shakespeare, Felix Mendelssohn1:00
- 11A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding marchFelix Mendelssohn5:31
- 12A Midsummer Night's Dream: 'Tis strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak of...William Shakespeare3:24
- 13A Midsummer Night's Dream: In this same interlude it doth befall...William Shakespeare3:19
- 14A Midsummer Night's Dream: This is the silliest stuff that ever I heard...William Shakespeare2:07
- 15A Midsummer Night's Dream: Sweet moon, I thank thee for thy sunny beams...William Shakespeare2:15
- 16A Midsummer Night's Dream: How chance moonshine is gone...William Shakespeare, Felix Mendelssohn1:42
- 17A Midsummer Night's Dream: A dance of clownsFelix Mendelssohn1:28
- 18A Midsummer Night's Dream: The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve...William Shakespeare0:30
- 19A Midsummer Night's Dream: Allegro vivaceFelix Mendelssohn0:52
- 20A Midsummer Night's Dream: Now the hungry lion roarsWilliam Shakespeare0:46
- 21A Midsummer Night's Dream: 'Through the house give glimmering light...'William Shakespeare, Felix Mendelssohn2:51
- 22A Midsummer Night's Dream: Now until the break of dayWilliam Shakespeare, Felix Mendelssohn2:36
More by Mendelssohn, Shakespeare, The Peter Hall Company, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate
Release credits
- conductor [2.1-3, 2.7-11, 2.16-17, 2.19, 2.21-22, 1.1, 1.5, 1.7, 1.9, 1.13-14, 1.16, 1.18]
- soprano vocals [1.13, 2.21]
- choir vocals [1.13, 2.21-22]
- performing orchestra [1.1, 1.5, 1.7, 1.9, 1.13-14, 1.16, 1.18, 2.1-3, 2.7-11, 2.16-17, 2.19, 2.21-22]
- mezzo-soprano vocals [13]
Issues
A1992




