Peter Maag - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Soloists, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Peter Maag

With Maag and the LSO. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy composed the overture to Midsummer Night's Dream (Op. 21) in 1826 before he completed twelve other works for stage inspired by Shakespeare's famous play years later. His famous wedding march and the most important pieces of A Midsummers Night's Dream are included in this sought-after Decca recording. This composition is the most important of Mendelssohn Bartholdy's stage works and is still an audience favorite today -- a fact that explains the frequent performances (especially the overture) and numerous recordings. World class musicians like the soloists Jennifer Vyvyan and Marion Lowe and the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Peter Maag supported by the Royal Opera House Women's Chorus, Covent Garden ascertain the early composition and character of Mendelssohn Bartholdy's later pieces. The quality of the interpretation leaves nothing to be desired and every listener is conveyed into a world of dreams, not only during a summer night.

Tracklist:

    1.       Overture Opus 21
    2.       Scherzo Opus 61 No. 1
    3.       'You Spotted Snakes' Opus 61 No. 3
    4.       Intermezzo Opus 61 No. 5
    5.       Nocturne Opus 61 No. 7
    6.       Wedding Marche Opus 61 No. 9
    7.       Dance Of The Clowns Opus 61 No. 11
    8.       Finale Opus 61 No. 12