Berlioz reviews

Berlioz reviews

El Nour (Fatma Said)

Fatma Said (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), et al; (Warner Classics)
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Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini

Michael Spyres, Sophia Burgos, et al; Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Chateau de Versailles/DVD)
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Nuits

Véronique Gens (soprano); I Giardini (Alpha Classics)
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Turnage: Concerto for Two Violins & Orchestra (Shadow Walker); Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

Vadim Repin, Daniel Hope; Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra/Sascha Goetzel (Onyx)
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Valery Gergiev at the Proms: Rachmaninov; Ravel; R Strauss; Ustvolskaya & Berlioz

Behzod Abduraimov, Alexei Petrenko; Munich Philharmonic/Valery Gergiev (DVD; Naxos)
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Berlioz: Requiem

Robert McPherson; The Choral Arts Society of Washington; Virginia Symphony Chorus & Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta (Hampton Road Classics)
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Berlioz: Harold in Italy; La Captive; plus works by Weber and Martini

Lawrence Power (viola); Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze (Hyperion)
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French Arias

Petr Nekoranec (tenor); Zuzana Markova (soprano); Czech Philharmonic/Christopher Franklin (Supraphon)
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Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts

Bror Magnus Tødenes; Bergen Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra/Edward Gardner (Chandos)
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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

Jean-François Heisser & 
Marie-Josèphe Jude (Harmonia Mundi)
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Berlioz: Harold in Italy; Les Nuits d’été

Tabea Zimmermann, Stéphane Degout; Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth (Harmonia Mundi)
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Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette

Sasha Cooke, Nicholas Phan, Luca Pisaroni; San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas (SFS Media)
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Une soirée chez Berlioz

Stéphanie d’Oustrac (mezzo-soprano), Thibaut Roussel (guitar), Tanguy de Williencourt (piano) (Harmonia Mundi)
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Berlioz: Messe Solennelle

Le Concert Spirituel/Hervé Niquet (Alpha Classics)
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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, etc

Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth (Harmonia Mundi)
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Benjamin Bernheim

Benjamin Bernheim (tenor); PFK Prague Philharmonia/Emmanuel Villaume (DG)
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'Mirages' - Arias & songs sung by Sabine Devieilhe and friends

The concept of cultural appropriation was mercifully unknown to the composers of 19th-century France. We can therefore sit back and enjoy their daydreams in Mirages, compiled around visions of faraway or imaginary lands and people, dominated by Oriental exoticism. Sabine Devieilhe’s voice is shown off to stunning effect as she and her colleagues bring together the (sometimes) kitschier side of eastern longings and the lingering influence of such sounds on more intriguing music. 

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Accentus performs Schubert's Nacht & Träume: Lieder with orchestra

One of the loveliest ways for composers to show their admiration for their predecessors is through arrangements. This recording unites a wide selection of orchestral arrangements of some of Schubert’s best-loved songs.

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John Nelson gives an experienced interpretation of Berlioz's Les Troyens

 

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The best recordings of Berlioz's L'enfance du Christ

We name the greatest recordings of Berlioz's great oratorio, L'enfance du Christ
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The best recordings of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique

The creative depth of Berlioz's signature work, Symphonie Fantastique, is revealed in this collection of exceptional recordings
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Watch Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique unfold in a performance conducted by Emmanuel Krivine

Performing Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique on period instruments was regarded as a radical, if not downright potty idea when Roger Norrington made his pioneering 1989 recording. As soon became clear, though, this colourful, arch-Romantic fantasy is fertile territory for historically informed performance. Berlioz’s orchestral imagination is as precisely nuanced as the scenario is wildly febrile, his wide palette and expanded instrumental resources ensuring the differences of timbre and practice are readily apparent.

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Oh, Boy! Arias by Gluck-Berlioz, Meyerbeer, Mozart, Offenbach, Thomas, Hahn, Gounod, Massenet & Chabrier sung by Marianne Crebassa

In little more than a decade Marianne Crebassa has established herself in the first rank of a new generation of mezzo-sopranos. A former Paris Opera young artist, she sings at Salzburg and Berlin as well as in Paris, and has already made her American debut in Chicago.

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Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique performed by Dresdner Philharmonic

Stuck inside East Germany, Herbert Kegel didn’t receive enough global fame for his penetrating interpretations. This one’s a revelation for its sharp focus, instrumental detail, leisurely speeds, and dramatic impact.
Geoff Brown
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