Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, A Midsummer Night's Dream / Bamberger Symphoniker, Claus Peter Flor / BMG Music 2x Audio CD 1997 Stereo / 74321341772

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CD1

Symphonie Nr.3 in A Minor Op.56 “Scottish”   36:31

1.  Andante con moto. Allegro un poco agitato   13:04
2.  Scherzo. Assai vivace   4:30
3.  Adagio   9:38
4.  Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso assai   9:17

Symphony Nr.4 in A Major, Op.90 “Italian”   29:54
5.  Allegro vivace    11:27
6.  Andante con moto   6:16
7.  Con moto moderato   6:26
8.  Sattarello: Presto   5:42

9.  Overture “Athalia'', Op.74   8:28

CD 2

Incidental Music to “A Midsummer Night's Dream”, Op.21/61   47:19

1.  Overture / Ouverture / Ouverture   12:31
2.  Scherzo   4:54
3.  March of the Fairies / Marsch der Feen / Marche des elfes   1:17
4.  Song with Chorus / Lied mit Chor / Lied avec Choeur   4:22
5.  Intermezzo   3:56
6.  Nocturne   6:50
7.  Wedding March / Hochzeitsmarsch / Marche nuptiale   4:47
8.  Funeral march / Trauermarsch / Marche funébre   1:08
9.  Dance of the Clowns / Ein Tanz von Rupein / Danse de rusttes   1:43
10. Nocturne   0:48
11. Finale   4:47

12. Overture “Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage”, Op.27   12:14
      (Meeresstille und gitickliche Fahrt) 

13. Overture “Ruy Blas”, Op.95    8:00

14. Overture “Fingal’s Cave", Op.26   10:10

About Felix Mendelssohn:

Felix Mendelssohn, grandson of the distinguished Jewish thinker Moses Mendelssohn, was born in Hamburg, the son of a banker (the additional surname Bartholdy was added to the family name when his parents converted to Christianity). The family moved to Berlin, where Mendelssohn was brought up and able to associate with a cultured circle of family friends. He was associated with the revival of public interest in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and in the early 1830s travelled abroad for his education, spending time in Italy and also visiting England, Wales and Scotland. He was later conductor of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig (where he also established a conservatory), his stay there interrupted briefly by a return to Berlin. He died in Leipzig in 1847. Prolific and precocious, Mendelssohn had many gifts, musically as composer, conductor and pianist. His style of composition combined something of the economy of means of the Classical period with the Romanticism of a later age. 

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• Soprano - Lucia Popp
• Mezzo-soprano - Marjana Lipovšek
• Choir - Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker
• Orchestra - Bamberger Symphoniker
• Conducted - Claus Peter Flor