The Best Of Berlioz

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
July 29, 1997
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BERLIOZ
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Katowice, San Die, Kenneth, Igor, Jean, Rivka, Gruppman, Golani
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 29, 1997
    • UPC
      730099667821
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8556678
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Le Carnaval romain: Overture, Op. 9

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: San Diego Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Yoav Talmi

    2. Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: II. Un bal (The Ball)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Pinchas Steinberg

    3. Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: IV. Marche au supplice (March to the Scaffold)

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Pinchas Steinberg

    4. Serenade of a Mountaineer in the Abruzzi to His Mistress

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: San Diego Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Rivka Golani

      Conductor: Yoav Talmi

    5. Les Troyens: Royal Hunt and Storm

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: San Diego Master Chorale, San Diego Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Yoav Talmi

    6. Reverie et Caprice, Op. 8

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: San Diego Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Igor Gruppman

      Conductor: Yoav Talmi

    7. Romeo et Juliette: Scherzo, Queen Mab

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: San Diego Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Yoav Talmi

    8. Romeo et Juliette: Love Scene

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: San Diego Master Chorale, San Diego Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Yoav Talmi

    9. La damnation de Faust (The Damnation of Faust), Op. 24: Hungarian March, "Rákóczy March"

      Composer: Hector Berlioz

      Ensemble: Katowice Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Kenneth Jean


Way ahead of his time, misunderstood, and a rebel. It is difficult to believe, as we hail Beethoven's achievements, that the great German composer had only been dead three years when Berlioz wrote the erotic Symphonie Fantastique. It was not progress, it was a quantum leap forward for music. Yet he was often shunned, the size and scope of such operas as The Trojans totally alien to those who were still trying to come to terms with the comparative conservatism of Beethoven's Fidelio. Just imagine Brahms was not yet born! This disc is the ideal way to appreciate just how great and significant was his music. From the boisterous Roman Carnival Overture, to the chilling March to the Scaffold, here is the very best of Berlioz. It is presented in outstanding performances, many from the partial cycle of Berlioz made for Naxos by the virtuoso orchestra from San Diego. And it even contains a novelty to titillate those who think they know a lot about Berlioz, with the R�verie et Caprice, a work of stunning beauty for violin and orchestra.