WAGNER Siegfried IdyII MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night's Dream SCHUMANN Symphony No.1
Featuring works by Richard Wagner, Robert Schumann, and Felix Mendelssohn, who all were fascinated with literature, and who all were conductors. Wagner composed Siegfried Idyll as a birthday present to his wife after the birth of their son Siegfried. At separate times in his life Mendelssohn composed music for Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, including the world-famous Wedding March.