Mendelssohn (ORIGINAL!) - Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream

[MissNimmieAmee]

Truly lovely! This is one of the few recordings I have heard that doesn't try to do it as fast as possible. The result is a much more intense and solid piece. Tell me, what orchestra is this and who is the conductor?

[danbcarson]

This is an interesting recording, though it seems too loud and too slow for my taste. The orchestra is very heavy.

[littleaguilerafan]

always reminds me of Hannibal Lecter.... in my mind I can hear the wrong note... poor Benjamin Raspel

but I really love that scherzo :)

[MASTERCARDUZ]

Scherzo isn't Prestissimo! I think this is a good tempo for the composition

[valeriealmamarie]

Wonderful ! Thank you.

[generalhappysmile]

Great video! The tempo could have been faster. Even though Mendelssohn was very talented, he was a superhero in some ways. I guess Bach's ghost thanked Mendelssohn's ghost for making him known in history (*_*)

[wmbrown6]

The first few seconds of this piece were used in the first season's "SCTV News" segments on that venerable comedy series; probably a spoof of "The Huntley-Brinkley Report's" use of the Scherzo from Beethoven's Ninth. In any case, I can no longer hear this opening without hearing in my head:

"I'm Floyd Robertson . . . "

"And I'm Earl Camembert . . . "

" . . . and this is the SCTV News."

[jmabelz]

THANKS!

it helped me a LOT with my project!♥

[MrCG257]

Mendelssoh, the master of compassion, a truly great piece of composition ...

[rebek95]

nice!  i♥ to felix mendelson

[MaestroKyle2009]

it's so cool; I've heard versions played much, much faster than this that have so much intensity and emotion. And yet, even though this version is a bit slower, it still retains that bright, light feeling and all the energy of the faster recordings. That's very hard for a musician to do; cudos to this orchestra!

[ocramizz]

In fact, the original "tempo" written on the score would be even a bit slower!

[Franco492]

very lovely

[InaInvisible]

Hui Toll!

Wir machen das grad in Musik!

Einfach nur toll!

[clarinet26]

awesome!