Release date: 04-05-1998 (originally recorded in 1957)

1998 German Speakers Corner limited LP edition  pressed on 180gram Virgin VINYL, originally recored in 1957. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night s Dream - Soloists, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Peter Maag.  Sealed in picture sleeve. Decca SXL-2060.

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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night s Dream - Soloists, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Peter Maag.

Felix Mendelssohn composed the concert overture to A Midsummer Night s Dream in 1826 while the remaining incidental music, composed for a performance of Shakespeare s famous play, was written many years later. His well known Wedding March and the other important numbers of A Midsummer Night s Dream are included in this sought-after DECCA recording.
This composition is Mendelssohn s most important stage works and a great favourite, which explains why it is so frequently performed (especially the overture) and recorded.
World-class musicians like the soloists Jennifer Vyvyan, Marion Lowe and the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Peter Maag, and supported by the Women s Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, give a masterly performance of this delightful work which offers an insight into Mendelssohn s early and late compositional styles.
The quality of the performance leaves nothing to be desired and the listener is carried away to a world of dreams, not only during a summer night.

Recording: February 1957 at Kingsway Hall, London by Cyril Windebank / Production: James Walker