Midsummer Night's Dream Overture-Mendelssohn/Leibowitz/ 1/2

Rare. Rene Leibowitz conducts The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

circa 1960

Rene Leibowitz (1913-1972) was born in Warsaw but moved to Paris in his teens and there began a long, illustrious conducting career. Particularly interested in contemporary music, he studied with Webern and Schoenberg and wrote a detailed analysis of twelve-tone music. A keen ear for instrumental coloration (Ravel was his orchestration teacher) was evident in his kaleidoscopic transcriptions of such works as Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C (for double orchestra!). But he is best known for his often highly personal renditions of many staples of the Classical and Romantic repertoire.

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[kaitlynwithakay]

Thanks for posting this. You're helping me study for a quiz! :-)

[zmov1]

Well, that makes me feel very good, kaitlyn! Good luck on the exam!

[dannypurtell]

in my opinion all he needed to write was the first four bars. STUNNING!

[jackbean1016]

A great composer, but he peaked early judging by this music.

[jthameschoir08]

Wow the harmonies in the beginning with spicatto are spot on! I can hear every note.

[jlcel0818ya]

And to think that he was only a little more than 17 when he wrote this overture...

[MaddieEP101]

I'm researching Felix Mendelssohn's works for a Uni Presentation that I'm doing in a couple of weeks! SO thanks for posting :) You, along with other YouTubers have been such a blessing in my research process!!!

[jazzyroxhardcore]

cheers for this! got a music exam tomorrow!

[PTCello]

Thank you for postuing. this is a very fine performance.... I love mendelssohn, and especially this piece.

During the Hitler era in Germany, Richard Strauss was appraoched with a request to write new music for "Midsummer Night's dream."

He decline rather emphatically, stating that no one could improve on Mendelssohn's.

He was quite correct.

[haysyke]

@skellez83 Your right, it is only a dream

[ilovescarlatti]

Felix i love you......

[385Mercedes]

Best wishes to all on June 23, 2010, midsummer eve!!

[skellez83]

Guys, maybe it's just me, or the music, but I think that the picture is damn erotic!