Vladimir Ashkenazy’s truly magical account of Mendelssohn’s most beautiful fairy music – ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ – returns to the catalogue, coupled with another fantastical work, ‘The First Walpurgisnacht’, in a scintillating performance from Christoph von Dohnányi.
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Lynne Dawson, soprano
Dalia Schaechter, mezzo soprano
Frauenchor des Rundfunkschores Berlin
Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Die erste Walpurgisnacht
Margarita Lilowa, mezzo soprano
Horst Laubenthal, tenor
Tom Krause, baritone
Alfred Sramek, bass
Wiener Singverein
Wiener Philharmoniker
Christoph von Dohnányi