{"product_id":"1016255","title":"Cbso\/gardner - Mendelssohn in Birmingham: Overtures [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdward Gardner\\x92s Mendelssohn in Birmingham series continues with a recording of Overtures. As with the previous volumes, a reduced size CBSO join Gardner in Birmingham Town\\x92s Hall, where Mendelssohn himself conducted many of the UK premieres of his own orchestral works.  The majority of works in the programme were written as concert overtures, spanning the length of Mendelssohn\\x92s career from the early Midsummer Night\\x92s Dream composed when he was just 16 though to \\x91Ruy Blas\\x92 written towards the end of his lifetime. Two of these overtures were written as the opening movements of larger works:  \\x91St Paul\\x92, his first great Oratorio from 1836, and his overture to \\x91Athalie\\x92, incidental music written for Racine\\x92s play. The Trumpet Overture is the earliest work here, written possibly to precede a performance of Handel\\x92s Israel in Egypt, and allegedly Mendelssohn\\x92s father\\x92s favourite piece!Mendelssohn In Birmingham, Volume 5\u003cbr\u003eOverture To 'Paulus', Op. 36\u003cbr\u003eDie Sch\\xf6ne Melusine, Op. 32\u003cbr\u003e'Trumpet' Overture, Op. 101\u003cbr\u003eThe Hebrides, Op. 26\u003cbr\u003eOverture To 'Athalie', Op. 74\u003cbr\u003eEin Sommernachtstraum, Op. 21\u003cbr\u003eMeeresstille Und Gl\\xfcckliche Fahrt, Op. 27\u003cbr\u003eOverture To 'Ruy Blas', Op. 95","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55212818137473,"sku":"1016255","price":18.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51-ppHGPfBL._SL1500.jpg?v=1768596588","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/1016255","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}