BERLIOZ: HAROLD IN ITALY & THREE OVERTURES:

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Label
ALTO
Release Date
October 12, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BERLIOZ
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      London Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Colin Davis
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 12, 2018
    • UPC
      5055354413698
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AOTL1369.2
    • LABEL
      ALTO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Harold aux montagnes. Scènes de mélancolie, de bonheur, et de joie: Adagio

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Tabea Zimmermann

      Conductor: Colin Davis

    2. II. Marche de pélerins chantant la prière du soir: Allegretto

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Tabea Zimmermann

      Conductor: Colin Davis

    3. III. Sérénade d’un montagnard des Abruzzes à sa maîtresse: Allegro assai

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Tabea Zimmermann

      Conductor: Colin Davis

    4. IV. Orgie de brigands. Souvenirs des scènes précédentes: Allegro frenetico

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Tabea Zimmermann

      Conductor: Colin Davis

    5. Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23: Overture

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Colin Davis

    6. Béatrice et Bénédict: Overture

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Colin Davis

    7. Les Troyens, Act IV: Chasse Royale et Orage (Royal Hunt and Storm)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Colin Davis


Yet again Sir Colin Davis demonstrates his supreme mastery as a Berlioz interpreter... especially fascinating is to compare this latest Harold en Italie with earlier versions - the biggest contrast is the extra tautness of Davis's interpretation, with speeds consistently faster... The textures are sparer, sharper and lighter - bringing extra incisiveness all round. One other benefit is that the magnificent Tabea Zimmermann, is balanced as part of the orchestra. The beauty of her tone, with it's nut-brown colours on the C-string, is never masked, but the balance allows pianissimi of a delicacy never achieved by the 1975 version. In the introduction there is a repeat marked 'pianissimo possibile' - just what you hear in magic tones. (Gramophone)