Special offer. Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachtstraum
Complete melodrama
Freiburger Barockorchester, Max Urlacher (narrator), Rias Kammerchor Berlin, Pablo Heras-Casado
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Choral
The best moments include some wonderful skittering effects in the Overture and a light-sprung, crystal-clear Scherzo...Overall, a well-intentioned account that sometimes misfires.
Special offer. Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachtstraum
Complete melodrama
Freiburger Barockorchester, Max Urlacher (narrator), Rias Kammerchor Berlin, Pablo Heras-Casado
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Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Choral
The best moments include some wonderful skittering effects in the Overture and a light-sprung, crystal-clear Scherzo...Overall, a well-intentioned account that sometimes misfires.
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Pablo Heras-Casado, the Freiburger Barockorchester and the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin present this music absolutely complete, joined by Max Urlacher as a wonderfully ebullient narrator. Their historically informed interpretation offers a delightful plunge into this world of dreams and enchantment.
Contents and tracklist
- Max Urlacher, Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
- Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado, Anne-Katharina Schreiber, Max Urlacher, Mi-Young Kim, Anna Erdmann, RIAS Kammerchor
VII. Melodrama "Welch hausback'nes Volk macht sich hier breit". Allegro - Allegro molto
Track length5:28
IX. "Jetzt fängt mich doch Titanias Wahnsinn an zu dauern" - Melodrama "Sei, als wäre nichts gescheh'n!". Andante
Track length1:59
Awards and reviews
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International Classical Music Awards2026Nominated - Choral
August 2025
The best moments include some wonderful skittering effects in the Overture and a light-sprung, crystal-clear Scherzo...Overall, a well-intentioned account that sometimes misfires.
August 2025
Heras-Casado makes the score sound utterly fresh. Even the overplayed Wedding March is a delight here – swaggering, and with a sense of witty pomposity that happily eschews grandeur.
