Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Recorded live at the Concert Hall of KKL Luzern, Lucerne Festival, August 2017

Together they make a classy sound, and these are classy performances. Chailly’s Mendelssohn is affectionate, reflecting his time as principal conductor at the Leipzig Gewandhaus…Manfred is treated... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2018 More…

Release Date: 29th Jun 2018
Catalogue No: ACC10438
Label: Accentus Music

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June 2018

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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (excerpts)

Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58

Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21

Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly

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In the Overture and Incidental Music to William Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, Felix Mendelssohn brings the illustrious company of elves, lovers' passions and the solitude of the forest or a moonlit night to musical life. It became a model for other literary reflections in music like Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony. Its four movements – or 'images', as the composer himself named them – capture the world-weariness of George Byron's Manfred: A Dramatic Poem in music. Riccardo Chailly and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra awaken the musical imagery of both works in a colourful, fresh and enchanting performance.

Picture formats: NTSC 16:9, Full HD

Sound formats: DTS HD Master Audio, PCM Stereo

Region code: 0

Running time: 99:32

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September 2018

Together they make a classy sound, and these are classy performances. Chailly’s Mendelssohn is affectionate, reflecting his time as principal conductor at the Leipzig Gewandhaus…Manfred is treated to a beautifully sculpted account, although Chailly doesn’t really whip up the score to the frenzied heights of some readings…He gets polished playing from the LFO, woodwinds once again a delight.

6th July 2018

[The Mendelssohn] provides a wonderful workout for all the sections of the LFO...and confirmation that the orchestra’s chamber-music-like attention to detail and exquisite ensemble remain intact…But it’s the Manfred Symphony that shows the qualities of the new partnership at its most powerfully persuasive.

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