Overtures: The Hebrides / A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage / Ruy Blas / The Fair Melusina

~ Release by Mendelssohn; London Symphony Orchestra, Gabriel Chmura (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

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1Overtures: “The Hebrides”
executive producer:
Cord Garben
producer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1976-04)
conductor:
Gabriel Chmura (conductor) (in 1976-04)
balance engineer:
Hans-Peter Schweigmann
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (fka "Watford Town Hall" until it closed in 1994; reopened in 1995 under its present name) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1976-04)
recording of:
Die Hebriden, op. 26 (in 1976-04)
premiered in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1832-05-14)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1830)
part of:
Works of Felix Mendelssohn by opus number (number: op. 26) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV P 7)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy10:38
2Overtures: “Ruy Blas” op. 95: Lento – Allegro molto
executive producer:
Cord Garben
producer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1976-04)
conductor:
Gabriel Chmura (conductor) (in 1976-04)
balance engineer:
Hans-Peter Schweigmann
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (fka "Watford Town Hall" until it closed in 1994; reopened in 1995 under its present name) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1976-04)
recording of:
Ruy Blas, op. 95 (in 1976-04)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer)
part of:
Works of Felix Mendelssohn by opus number (number: op. 95) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV P 15)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy8:21
3Overtures: “The Fair Melusina”, op. 32: Allegro con moto
executive producer:
Cord Garben
producer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1976-04)
conductor:
Gabriel Chmura (conductor) (in 1976-04)
balance engineer:
Hans-Peter Schweigmann
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (fka "Watford Town Hall" until it closed in 1994; reopened in 1995 under its present name) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1976-04)
recording of:
Das Märchen von der schönen Melusine, op. 32 (standard 1836 version) (in 1976-04)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1836)
part of:
Works of Felix Mendelssohn by opus number (number: op. 32) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV P 12)
revision of:
The Fair Melusina: Overture, Op. 32 (1835 version) (1835 version, little performed)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy11:46
4Overtures: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, op. 21: Allegro di molto
executive producer:
Cord Garben
producer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1976-04)
conductor:
Gabriel Chmura (conductor) (in 1976-04)
balance engineer:
Hans-Peter Schweigmann
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (fka "Watford Town Hall" until it closed in 1994; reopened in 1995 under its present name) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1976-04)
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 21 (op. 61 no. 1): Ouvertüre (in 1976-04)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1826)
part of:
Works of Felix Mendelssohn by opus number (number: op. 21) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV P 3)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy12:53
5Overtures: “Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage” op. 27: Meeresstille. Adagio / Glückliche Fahrt. Molto allegro e vivace
executive producer:
Cord Garben
producer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1976-04)
conductor:
Gabriel Chmura (conductor) (in 1976-04)
balance engineer:
Hans-Peter Schweigmann
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (fka "Watford Town Hall" until it closed in 1994; reopened in 1995 under its present name) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1976-04)
recording of:
Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt D-Dur, op. 27 (in 1976-04)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1828)
dedicated to:
Friedrich Wilhelm IV. von Preußen
part of:
Works of Felix Mendelssohn by opus number (number: op. 27) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV P 5)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy11:57

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