Conducted by Ian Whyte
No composer has ever come within measurable distance of Mendelssohn's genius for making fairies come to life in music, except perhaps Berlioz. There is, outside the Midsummer Night's Dream music, a fairy-like quality in many of Mendelssohn s works, particularly in his capriccios and scherzos.
The famous Scherzo from the Midsummer Night's Dream is, notwithstanding the Overture, the most perfect piece of fairy music that Mendelssohn ever wrote.