Fischer,Ivan Mendelssohn: Overture & Incidental Music To A Super-Audio CD

Mendelssohn's Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream was written in 1842, on a commission from King Frederick William IV of Prussia. The king was inspired by a presentation of Sophocles's Antigone which featured music by Mendelssohn, and was the first of several commissions for the composer to write music to accompany the king's favorite plays. It is interesting to note that the work's dazzling overture was actually written a full sixteen years earlier, and was not originally intended to be performed in conjunction with Shakespeare's play. This recording from Ivan Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra captures the magical spirit of this music as never before. The program is complemented appropriately by three orchestral songs of Fanny Mendelssohn.

1. Overture Mendelssohn 13:47 2. Scherzo Mendelssohn 04:33 3. Allegro Vivace Mendelssohn 01:35 4. Song with Choir Mendelssohn 04:24 5. Intermezzo Mendelssohn 03:23 6. Notturno Mendelssohn 06:05 7. Wedding March Mendelssohn 05:24 8. Funeral March Mendelssohn 01:32 9. Dance of the Clowns Mendelssohn 01:50 10. Finale Mendelssohn 05:17 11. May Night Opus 9 No. 6 Fanny Mendelssohn 02:25 12. Distance Opus 9 No. 2 Fanny Mendelssohn 02:58 13. Gondola Song Opus 1 No. 6 Fanny Mendelssohn 03:13