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)

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1Overtures: “The Hebrides”
executive producer:
Cord Garben (pianist and conductor)
producer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1976-04)
conductor:
Gabriel Chmura (conductor) (in 1976-04)
balance engineer:
Hans‐Peter Schweigmann (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1976-04)
recording of:
Die Hebriden, op. 26 (The Hebrides, op. 26 “Fingal’s Cave”, Fingal's Cave) (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 (pianist and conductor)
producer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1976-04)
conductor:
Gabriel Chmura (conductor) (in 1976-04)
balance engineer:
Hans‐Peter Schweigmann (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) 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 (pianist and conductor)
producer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1976-04)
conductor:
Gabriel Chmura (conductor) (in 1976-04)
balance engineer:
Hans‐Peter Schweigmann (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) 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 (pianist and conductor)
producer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1976-04)
conductor:
Gabriel Chmura (conductor) (in 1976-04)
balance engineer:
Hans‐Peter Schweigmann (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) 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 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, 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 (pianist and conductor)
producer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1976-04)
conductor:
Gabriel Chmura (conductor) (in 1976-04)
balance engineer:
Hans‐Peter Schweigmann (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1976-04)
recording of:
Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt D-Dur, op. 27 (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, 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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