A Midsummer Night's Connection
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Edwin Landseer - Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Titania and Bottom)
It’s a much-beloved comic tale of mismatched lovers, low-comedy buffoons, and a host of fairy spirits.
In this hour, A Midsummer Night’s Dream in music by Purcell, Mendelssohn, Britten, Weber, Korngold, Orff and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
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Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
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| Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner |
Philips 411 106-1 |
028941110626 |
| Purcell: Dido & Aeneas [for A Midsummer Night’s Dream Suite] |
Ama Deus Ensemble |
Lyrichord LEMS 8057 |
744457805725 |
| Weber: Oberon |
Revolutionary & Romantic Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner |
Decca 478 3488 |
028947834885 |
| Hummel: Oberon’s Magic Horn |
Gavle Symphony Orchestra, Uwe Grodd |
Naxos 8.557845 |
747313284528 |
| Musica Mexicana, Vol. 1 [for [Ponce Scherzo de Puck] |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Batiz |
Brilliant Classics 8771 |
5029365877121 |
| Satie: Orchestral Works |
Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse, Michel Plasson |
EMI Classics 341444-2 |
094634144421 |
| Mendelssohn/Korngold: Midsummer Night’s Dream film score |
Germany Symphony Orchestra of Berlin and Choir, Gerd Albrecht |
CPO 999 449-2 |
761203944927 |
| Orff: Ein Sommernachtstraum |
Andechs Festival Choir and Munich Radio Orchestra, Christian von Gehren cond. |
CPO 777 657-2 |
761203765720 |
| Castelnouvo-Tedesco: Shakespeare Overtures 1 |
West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Penny |
Naxos 8. .572500 |
747313250073 |
| Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox |
EMI Classics 40621 |
5099964062129 |
| Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (complete play with dialog) |
Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Scottish Philhrmonic Singers. Jaime Laredo cond. |
Nimbus NI 5041/2 |
0710357504129
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