Incidental music to "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

~ Release by Boston Symphony Orchestra and Chorus - Erich Leinsdorf - Arlene Saunders, Helen Vanni, Inga Swenson (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Overture
12:48
2Titania: If you will patiently dance ...
0:12
3Scherzo
4:43
4Fairy: Over hill, over dale...
0:30
5March of the Fairies
1:02
6Fairy: I must go seek some dewdrops...
choir vocals:
Boston Symphony Chorus
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Helen Vanni
soprano vocals:
Arlene Saunders (soprano)
spoken vocals:
Inga Swenson
orchestra:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
partial recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 2. Elfenreigen. Allegro vivace
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
0:37
7Titania: Come, now a roundel...
0:32
8Song with Chorus: You spotted snakes...
3:57
9Puck: Up and down, up and down...
0:13
10Intermezzo
2:12
11Puck: What hempen homespuns...
1:17
12Puck: On the ground sleep sound...
0:32
13Nocturne
5:59
14Theseus: Go, bid the huntsmen wake them...
choir vocals:
Boston Symphony Chorus
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Helen Vanni
soprano vocals:
Arlene Saunders (soprano)
spoken vocals:
Inga Swenson
orchestra:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
partial recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 11. Ein Tanz von Rüpeln (Bergamasca). Allegro di molto
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
0:22
15Theseus: Come now, what masques...
0:18
16Dance of the Clowns
1:44
17Theseus: Here come the lovers...
0:09
18Wedding March
4:57
19Puck: Now the hungry lion roars...
0:58
20Oberon: Through the house give glimmering light...
choir vocals:
Boston Symphony Chorus
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Helen Vanni
soprano vocals:
Arlene Saunders (soprano)
spoken vocals:
Inga Swenson
orchestra:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
partial recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: Finale. Allegro di molto
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
0:17
21Titania: First rehearse your song...
choir vocals:
Boston Symphony Chorus
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Helen Vanni
soprano vocals:
Arlene Saunders (soprano)
spoken vocals:
Inga Swenson
orchestra:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
partial recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: Finale. Allegro di molto
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
0:12
22Song: Through this house give glimmering light
choir vocals:
Boston Symphony Chorus
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Helen Vanni
soprano vocals:
Arlene Saunders (soprano)
spoken vocals:
Inga Swenson
orchestra:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
partial recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: Finale. Allegro di molto
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
2:28
23Oberon: Now, until the break of day...
choir vocals:
Boston Symphony Chorus
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Helen Vanni
soprano vocals:
Arlene Saunders (soprano)
spoken vocals:
Inga Swenson
orchestra:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
partial recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: Finale. Allegro di molto
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
1:08
24Chorus: Trip away; make no stay
0:13
25Puck: If we shadows have offended...
choir vocals:
Boston Symphony Chorus
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Helen Vanni
soprano vocals:
Arlene Saunders (soprano)
spoken vocals:
Inga Swenson
orchestra:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
partial recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: Finale. Allegro di molto
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
0:57