Schubert: Rosamund-Incidental Music; Marche Militaire No. 1
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
Georg Szell
Paul Van Kempen (Marche)
Beeping Classics GJ 062 [63:15]
" ...with the scintillating Midsummer Night's Dream suite taking pride of place. Few if any rivals can match the ''Scherzo'' (not even Szell's later Cleveland recording is as buoyant or precise), while the Overture is extraordinarily well drilled and the ''Nocturne'', although cool, has a genuine sense of repose. The Schubert Rosamunde excerpts display all the drive and textural clarity that Szell habitually brought to..."
Grammophon Magazine
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