The Hebrides Overture: Mendelssohn's melodious cave
Tom Service explores the story behind the very first orchestral tone poem and one of the best-loved pieces in classical music: Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture.
Tom Service explores the story behind the very first orchestral tone poem and one of the best-loved pieces in classical music: Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture. Cave expert Prof Stuart Jeffrey shares his insights into Fingal's cave (which inspired Mendelssohn to write his overture), from its many famous visitors over the years to its extraordinary - and sometimes disconcerting - acoustic.
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Pipes and Drums of The Black Watch
Traditional: Sleep Deaire, Sleep
- SCOTDISC.
- 191018051402.
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture Op.26
Performer: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.- BERLIN CLASSICS.
- 0002452CCC.
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James MacMillan
The Confession of Isobel Gowdie for orchestra
Performer: 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.- BIS.
- BIS CD-1169.
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture Op.26
Performer: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.- BERLIN CLASSICS.
- 0002452CCC.
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Pipes and Drums of The Black Watch
Traditional: Sleep Deaire, Sleep
- SCOTDISC.
- 191018051402.
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture Op.26
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- LSO LIVE.
- 0765.
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture Op.26
Performer: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- BIS.
- 2166.
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Richard Wagner
Der Fliegende Hollander - opera in 3 acts
Performer: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- HMM 90225051.
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Johannes Brahms
7 Fantasies Op.116 for piano
Performer: Paul Lewis.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- HMM 902365.
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture Op.26
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- LSO LIVE.
- 0765.
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Pipes and Drums of The Black Watch
Traditional: Sleep Deaire, Sleep
- SCOTDISC.
- 191018051402.
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture Op.26
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- LSO LIVE.
- 0765.
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Rebecca Hickey
Beata viscera - monophonic conductus
- NAXOS.
- 8.557340.
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Pipes and Drums of The Black Watch
Traditional: Sleep Deaire, Sleep
- SCOTDISC.
- 191018051402.
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Niels Wilhelm Gade
Echoes from Ossian - overture Op.1
Performer: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko.- CHANDOS.
- CHAN-9422.
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Hamish MacCunn
Land of the mountain and the flood - overture Op.3
Performer: 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.- HYPERION.
- CDA 66815.
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture Op.26
Performer: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- BIS.
- 2166.
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture Op.26
Performer: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- 2325DI.
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture Op.26
Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- WARNER.
- 4769012.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn/X-Dance: Hebridean Fantasy
Performer: X-Dance.- BALLO E MUSICA.
- (unknown).
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James MacMillan
The Confession of Isobel Gowdie for orchestra
Performer: 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.- BIS.
- BIS CD-1169.
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture Op.26
Performer: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- BIS.
- 2166.
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture Op.26
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- LSO LIVE.
- 0765.
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