Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - London Symphony Orchestra (2016) [Blu-ray]

Continuing his award-winning cycle of works by Felix Mendelssohn, Sir John Eliot Gardiner leads the LSO, his Monteverdi Choir and three talented young actors from the Guildhall in a landmark performance of 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream', which was performed as part of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. To mark the celebrations, Gardiner produced a special version of the work featuring some cuts to the original movements that, in his words, "remove all of the music relating to the Mechanicals and thus focus on the world of the fairies and the human lovers".
Mendelssohn, who adored Shakespeare’s writings, composed his concert overture based on 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream' in 1827 aged 17, after having read a German translation of the play. The overture was immediately acclaimed as a masterpiece and quickly became a popular favourite throughout Europe. Years later in 1843 he was asked by the King of Prussia to provide a score for an entire production: 14 short works based on themes and moods from the original overture, with a broadly romantic sound although classical in style and structure.
The Pure Audio Blu-ray disc includes bonus footage of the concert performance of 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream' and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No 1, alongside high resolution master audio.

Recorded live 16 February 2016 in DSD 128fs, at the Barbican, London.

Треклист BD Audio:
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Overture: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op 21
1 Allegro di molto
2 Tempo primo
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music, Op 61
3 Prologue (Narration) "Ay me! For aught that I could ever read"
4 No. 1 Scherzo
5 No. 2 L’istesso tempo
6 No. 2a Allegro vivace
7 No. 3 Lied mit Chor
8 No. 4 Andante
9 No. 5 Allegro appassionato
10 No. 7 Nocturne (Con moto tranquillo)
11 No. 8 Andante
12 No. 9 Hochzeitmarsch ("Wedding March") & No. 12 Allegro vivace come primo
13 Finale Allegro di molto
BD Video Only:
Symphony No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 11
1 I. Allegro Di Molto
2 II. Andante
3 III. Scherzo: Sempre Pianissimo E Leggiero (1829 London Version)
4 III. Menuetto: Allegro molto (1824 Original Version)
5 IV. Allegro con fuoco