Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op 21 (Mendelssohn)
from Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (LSO0795)
1 Allegro di molto – [6'22]
2 Tempo primo [5'51]
12 minutes 13 seconds 2 tracks
'Anyone following this Mendelssohn series from the LSO and John Eliot Gardiner will find much to enjoy here: in the pinpoint precision of melody-carrying flutes and violins, the sure-footed bass and a ...
BBC Music Magazine
'The Overture sounds marvellous, the vibratoless strings dancing over the fairy music as though barely touching it' (MusicWeb International)