This album is devoted to Symphonic Music of the great Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: His fiery »Italian Symphony« in A Major as well as excerpts from »A Midsummer Night’s Dream« incidental music, which he composed at the age of seventeen for a Berlin Theatre production of Shakespeare’s play. Volker Hartung and his Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra present masterful readings of the works in these brilliant performances recorded in Germany and produced in 24bit HD Audio.