COMPOSERS: Berlioz
LABELS: Virgin
ALBUM TITLE: Berlioz
WORKS: Symphonie fantastique; Les francs-juges overture
PERFORMER: London Classical Players/Roger Norrington
CATALOGUE NO: 363 282 (Reissue: 1989/90)
By emphasising
the Symphonie
fantastique’s
Beethovenian
inheritance and
adopting as far as possible the
composer’s own metronome
markings, Norrington brilliantly
recaptures the intoxicating novelty
of this audacious score.