by Felix Mendelssohn, Arthur Sullivan · HMV Classics · CD · EAN 0724357231220
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«Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Sullivan: The Tempest» is a classical music compilation released in 1997 by HMV Classics on CD.
The disc combines two incidental music scores for Shakespeare plays: A Midsummer Night's Dream by Mendelssohn, with the overture, the Scherzo and the famous Wedding March, and The Tempest by Sullivan, with preludes and dances. Performers include Lynne Dawson, Susanne Mentzer, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Tate and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Sir Vivian Dunn.
The Mendelssohn recordings are from 1991; the Sullivan ones from 1972, with digital remastering in 1987. Total duration: 71:53, in stereo.
For fans of Romantic classical music and orchestral suites inspired by Shakespeare.
