Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachtstraum & Die erste Walpurgisnacht
Pamela Coburn (soprano), Elisabeth von Magnus, Birgit Remmert (mezzos), Christoph Bantzer (reciter), Uwe Heilmann (tenor), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Rene Pape (bass)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Mendelssohn's highly potent brand of magic here in rhythmically robust live recordings of eight numbers from A Midsummer Night's Dream, and a formidable team of soloists for the spooky Walpurgisnacht. — More…
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Arnold Schoenberg Chor
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Act 2 Entr'acte - Scherzo
Act 2 Song with Chorus
Act 2 Intermezzo
Mendelssohn: The First Walpurgis Night Op.60
- Uwe Heilmann (tenor), Thomas Hampson (baritone), René Pape (bass), Birgit Remmert (mezzo-soprano)
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Arnold Schoenberg Chor
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Overture
"Es lacht der Mai" [Tenor, Chorus of Druids & People]
"Konnt ihr so verwegen handeln?" [Old woman, Chorus of Wives]