Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61
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This new release of Mendelssohn’s complete symphonies confirms the symbiotic relationship Järvi has forged with the orchestra, and is jam-packed with exciting, at times electrifying, music-making...Many... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd March 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2024, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winners 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
4 CDs
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61 & Overture, Op. 21
RecommendedCeri-Lyn Cissone (narrator), Alexander Knox (narrator) & Frankie Wakefield (narrator)
London Symphony Orchestra & The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
…much to enjoy here…pinpoint precision of melody-carrying flutes and violins, the sure footed bass and above all a sense that the composer is being taken seriously. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd February 2017
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, Orchestral Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2017, Winner - Musique Symphonique
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2017
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61
RecommendedBudapest Festival Orchestra & Pro Musica (women's choir), Iván Fischer
Fischer is alive to the magical atmosphere of Felix Mendelssohn’s score and nowhere more keenly than at the start of the overture, where the four wind chords are extended beyond their usual... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61
RecommendedKathleen Battle, Frederica von Stade, Judi Dench, Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd November 2009
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Building a Library, June 2005, First Choice
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Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert
Recorded in May 2013, Philharmonie Berlin
Deborah York (soprano) & Stella Doufexis (mezzo-soprano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
The bonus documentary on Claudio Abbado's first year with the Berlin Philharmonic is full of insights…[the last concert] gave the [Berliners] a chance to show in Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2017, Winner - Symphonic
2 CDs + Blu-ray
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Historical
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
95 CDs
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Special offer. Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream & Symphony No. 5
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
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If forced to choose a first investment, I suppose I’d go for the all-stereo Vol. 2, principally because Paray’s Rolls-Royce orchestra (which is what it sounds like) was at its very best in French... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
22 CDs
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Mendelssohn: Symphonies & Overtures
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Jurgita Adamonytė (mezzo), Michael Spyres (tenor), Alexander Knox (Puck), Ceri-lyn Cissone (Titania), Frankie Wakefield (Oberon), Maria Joao Pires (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
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Special offer. Legacy of a Legend
Heather Harper (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Hilde Rössel-Majdan (mezzo-soprano), Aase Nordmo Løvberg (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Hans Hotter (bass, contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Annie Fischer (piano), David Oistrakh (violin)
Philharmonia...
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