If You Liked... Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Nights Dream
In the second of four programmes during the Easter Weekend, David Mellor features two pieces of music, that were played during the second day of the new Hall of Fame Countdown.
If you liked Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream, in at No.182 in the chart for 2010, you'll like these pieces of music of a similar style:
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Nights Dream – Nocturne
Dennis Brain/Philharmonia Orchestra/Paul Kletzki
EMI 2 06011 2
HECTOR BERLIOZ: Beatrice and Benedict Overture
Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Charles Dutoit
DECCA: 452 480-2
HECTOR BERLIOZ: Romeo et Juliette – Love Scene
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Charles Munch
SONY BMG: 82876 67899 2
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley
CHANDOS: CHAN 241-9
GIUSEPPE VERDI: ‘Si pel ciel’
Jussi Bjorling/Rome Opera Orchestra/Erich Leinsdorf
RCA VICTOR 74321 242812
