KORNGOLD / MENDELSSOHN - A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM -- NEW, STILL SEALED CD

Description: A NEW,STILL SEALED CD COPY OFTHE SCORE TO MAX REINHARDT'S 1935 FILM OFA MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAMby William ShakespeareDeutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Gerd Albrecht, cond.This is the first high fidelity-stereo recording of the musical score of Max Reinhardt's classic 1935 film version of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The 1935 version,while less than perfectly acted,nevertheless was beautifully photographed and had a haunting,storybook-like atmosphere (in the forest scenes) . The 1935 film is the only one (apart from the ballet versions) that makes extensive use of Mendelssohn's music. The great Erich Wolfgang Korngold,composer for most of the famous Errol Flynn swashbucklers of the '30's and 40's, not only used much of Felix Mendelssohn's unforgettable 1843 stage music for Shakespeare's play, but filled it out with gorgeously adapted versions of other Mendelssohn music. Much of the film score (a whole hour's worth---the huge score for the 132 minute film runs plays nearly two hours according to the booklet notes---is beautifully performed here.) Brendan Carroll, who wrote the booklet notes, may be an authority on Korngold, but he obviously hasn't seen this film in quite a while, for he makes two glaring errors when he states that the track "Hermia und Lysander" was cut from the film (it was cut from the 118-minute general release version, but not from the original 132-minute roadshow version, which has been restored and made available on video),as well as the "Intermezzo",which appears in the scene in which Hermai, Helena, Lysander, and Demetrius chase each other in a circle while Puck watches, mocking and laughing gleefully. Don't miss this version----it's far different from the standard recorded versions of Mendelssohn's great music for Shakespeare's play.

Price: 9.89 USD

Location: Oak Park, Illinois

End Time: 2025-01-26T23:34:28.000Z

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