Otto Klemperer: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Otto Klemperer was very much a man of the theatre. "Here, opera and drama were truly united," he said of his time at Berlin's Kroll Theatre, a progressive and influential force in the heady years of the Weimar Republic. He was also a man with a sharp sense of humour: this performance of Mendelssohn's incidental music to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream both glows with enchantment and sparkles with wit. - Heather Harper soprano (A-4, B-6) Janet Baker alto (A-4) The Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus Otto Klemperer conductor Recorded/Aufgenommen/Enregistré: 28-29. I, 16 & 18. II. 1960, Abbey Road Studios, London (STEREO) Producers/Produzenten/Directeurs artistiques: Walter Legge & Walter Jellinek Balance Engineers/Tonmeister/Ingénieurs du son: Harold Davidson & Douglas Larter Digitally remastered in 24-BIT / 96kHz at Abbey Road Studios Originally released as: Columbia - SAX 2393 Original cover artwork; designs by Carl Toms for an Old Vic Production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (P) 1961 & Remastered (P) 2011 Parlophone Records Limited. © 2017 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company.

1. A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 61 - Incidental Music: Overture Op. 21  - By Philharmonia Orchestra
2. A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 61 - Incidental Music: No. 1 Scherzo  - By Philharmonia Orchestra
3. A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 61 - Incidental Music: No. 2A. March of the Fairies  - By Philharmonia Orchestra
4. A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 61 - Incidental Music: No. 3 "Ye Spotted Snakes  - By Philharmonia Orchestra
5. A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 61 - Incidental Music: No. 5 Intermezzo  - By Philharmonia Orchestra
6. A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 61 - Incidental Music: No. 7 Nocturne  - By Philharmonia Orchestra
7. A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 61 - Incidental Music: No. 9 Wedding March  - By Philharmonia Orchestra
8. A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 61 - Incidental Music: No. 10A Funeral March  - By Philharmonia Orchestra
9. A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 61 - Incidental Music: No. 11 Dance of the Clowns  - By Philharmonia Orchestra
10. A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 61 - Incidental Music: Finale. "Through the House"  - By Philharmonia Orchestra

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