Dream of Midsummer

Sandman Volume 03 - Dream Country  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by sanskritter at Aug. 21, 2005


The third book of the Sandman collection is a series of four short comic book stories. What's remarkable here (considering the publisher and the time that this was originally published) is that the main character of the book--the Sandman, King of Dreams--serves only as a minor character in each of these otherwise unrelated stories.

Hilding Rosenberg - The Isle of Bliss (Jarvi)  Music

Posted by tapaz9 at April 13, 2014
Hilding Rosenberg - The Isle of Bliss (Jarvi)

Hilding Rosenberg - The Isle of Bliss (Jarvi)
Classical | EAC: FLAC+Cue+Log | 2 Cd, Covers + Booklet | 580 Mb
Label:PhonoSuecia - Date:2002

Rosenberg's musical language in this dreamplay of reaching out for the unattainable is tugged between the poles of Sibelian cool and warm Gallic impressionism. As an opera this is not another Pelléas. It is far too mercurial and word-responsive for that. If anything it has subject connections with other operas: Korngold’s Die Kathrin (CPO) and Schreker’s Die Ferne Klang (Naxos and Capriccio). It occupies a surreal littoral between Puccinian verismo and modernistic objectivity; neither one nor the other……Most warmly recommended.
Rob Barnett @ Musicweb-international.com
William Christie, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Purcell: The Fairy Queen (2010) [Blu-ray]

William Christie, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Purcell: The Fairy Queen (2010) [Blu-ray]
BluRay | BDMV | MPEG-4 AVC Video / 17979 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps | 211 min | 42 Gb
Audio1: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 24-bit | Audio2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.0 / 48 kHz / 3938 kbps / 24-bit
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BluRay-rip | AVC | MKV 1920x1080 / 6215 kbps / 29,970 fps | 211 min | 11,4 Gb
Audio: English / DTS / 5ch / 48.0 KHz / 24 bits
Classical | Opus Arte | Sub: English, Francais, Deutsch, Espanol

Jonathan Kent's spectacular production of Purcell's huge semi-opera is joyous, imaginative and witty Glyndebourne, with its intimate auditorium, provides the perfect setting for a drama which is partly spoken and partly sung. Based on an adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the story is lavished with a brilliance that justifies this production's acclaim. Paul Brown's inventive designs, Kim Brandstrup's exquisite choreography, an excellent cast of actors and singers and outstanding playing by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under William Christie combine to make a seamless theatrical experience, here recorded in High Definition and true surround sound.
William Christie, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Purcell: The Fairy Queen (2010)

William Christie, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Purcell: The Fairy Queen (2010)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | English (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | 7.70 + 6.19 Gb (2xDVD9) | 230 min
Classical | Opus Arte | Sub.: English, Francais, Deutsch, Espanol

Jonathan Kent's spectacular production of Purcell's huge semi-opera is joyous, imaginative and witty Glyndebourne, with its intimate auditorium, provides the perfect setting for a drama which is partly spoken and partly sung. Based on an adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the story is lavished with a brilliance that justifies this production's acclaim. Paul Brown's inventive designs, Kim Brandstrup's exquisite choreography, an excellent cast of actors and singers and outstanding playing by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under William Christie combine to make a seamless theatrical experience, here recorded in High Definition and true surround sound.
A 20th Century Opera Collection - Britten - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Hickox

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): A Midsummer Night's Dream - Richard Hickox - City of London Sinfonia
Opera | Contemporary | 2CD | EACRip | APE+LOG+CUE | Covers| RS.com | 532MB
Label: Virgin | Year of release: 2007 | DDD
Jordi Savall - A Midsummer Night's Dream (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Jordi Savall - A Midsummer Night's Dream (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 01:22:08 minutes | 1.38 GB
Classical | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

For the 25th anniversary of ALIA VOX, this book/CD offers two complete versions of the work in English and German, including the overture, 8 musical pieces, and 5 melodramas, performed by actors in both languages.
Jordi Savall - A Midsummer Night's Dream (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Jordi Savall - A Midsummer Night's Dream (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 01:22:08 minutes | 1.38 GB
Classical | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

For the 25th anniversary of ALIA VOX, this book/CD offers two complete versions of the work in English and German, including the overture, 8 musical pieces, and 5 melodramas, performed by actors in both languages.
Jordi Savall, Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Nacional de Catalunya - A Midsummer Night's Dream (2024)

Jordi Savall, Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Nacional de Catalunya - A Midsummer Night's Dream (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:22:08 | 344 Mb
Genre: Classical

Jordi Savall Born on the 1st August 1941 in Igualada (Barcelona province, Spain), Jordi Savall i Bernadet is a cellist, violist, choir director, orchestra leader, and composer. His repertoire spans music dating from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, and from the Baroque period until the nineteenth century. Savall was married to the Spanish soprano Montserrat Figueras from 1968 until her death in November 2011, and is the father of Arianna and Ferran Savall; both singers and musicians.
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2015) [Official 24-bit/96kHz]

Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 69:07 minutes | 1,11 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Following a series of acclaimed recordings of 19th-century music including complete cycles of the symphonies by Schubert and Schumann, Thomas Dausgaard and his Swedish Chamber Orchestra turn to Felix Mendelssohn.
London Symphony Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir & Sir John Eliot Gardiner - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2017)

London Symphony Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir & Sir John Eliot Gardiner - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Classical | WEB FLAC (tracks) & d. booklet | 55:06 min | 190 MB
Label: LSO Live | Tracks: 13 | Rls.date: 2017

Continuing his award-winning cycle, Sir John Eliot Gardiner leads the London Symphony Orchestra, his singers and actors through a novel performance of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: this version—performed as part of the celebrations marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death—makes some cuts to the original movements, in Gardiner's words, ‘removing all of the music relating to the Mechanicals and thus focusing on the world of the fairies and the human lovers.’