Moving along to the Midsummers Nacht Dream, or, How did The Three little Maids From School get in?
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I haven't heard this all the way through for ages and since instrumental suites and just the overture got all the airplay (back when there was airplay) I never made the connection before. There are no coincidences. I played in a Summer Theatre pit orchestra for 2 weeks worth of performances once so when Mendelssohn's duet "spotted snakes" commenced I thought I was hearing Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, and Pitti-Sing. The Mikado comes along 40 years later so I guess we know who borrowed what.  This DG-138959 is a later release without Tulips but still sounds great. That's about 4 winners in a row now after decades of avoiding DG because of poor recording quality. The miking is still a little suspect on these, though. Seems like a great performance without fussy tempo changes or other nuisances of some conductors. I read where Mendelssohn was against 'Radical' composers so a "what's on the page" reading of his works would make the most sense.
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| Mendelssohn's influence on Sir Arthur Sullivan, posted on February 22, 2017 at 13:53:43 | |
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is very, very obvious everywhere you look (or listen).
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| RE: How clever of me to find it independently ;-} nt, posted on February 22, 2017 at 17:04:44 | |
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| Yes, good ear., posted on February 22, 2017 at 17:56:36 | |
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The next step is to become a hopeless G&S addict, see all the shows (even Utopia Limited), and get Martyn Green's annotated song book.
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| RE: Yes, good ear., posted on February 22, 2017 at 20:38:15 | |
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