Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

Saleem Ashkar ,Gewandhaus Orchestra,Riccardo Chailly

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Format
Audio
Published
9 May 2014
ISBN
0028948107780

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Nights Dream, Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

Saleem Ashkar ,Gewandhaus Orchestra,Riccardo Chailly

The cornerstone of this album is one of Felix Mendelssohn’s best known works, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and the album includes the five instrumental pieces from the incidental music, with the world famous Wedding March closing the suite.

The two Piano Concertos are played by Saleem Ashkar, who has performed the Concerto No.1 a number of times with Riccardo Chailly and the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig and on tour.

The album includes the world premiere recording of Ruy Blas (in the version taken from Hogwood’s critical edition)

Track listing:
Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95

(First Version: 1839)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream - incidental music, Op. 61

Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

Saleem Ashkar (piano)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40

Saleem Ashkar (piano)

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