The Best Of Berlioz (Includes Royal Hunt And Storm; March To The Scaffold & Reverie et Caprice, Op. 8 )
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
The Best Of Berlioz (Includes Royal Hunt And Storm; March To The Scaffold & Reverie et Caprice, Op. 8 )
Rivka Golani (viola), Igor Gruppman (violin) San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Master Chorale, Polish State Phi
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 4 February 2003
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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 Rêverie et Caprice, a work of stunning beauty for violin and orchestra.
Tracks:
Overture Roman Carnival Op. 9
01. Overture, Op. 9 09:02
A Ball
02. A Ball 06:35
March To The Scaffold
03. March To The Scaffold 04:58
Serenade Of A Mountaineer In The Abruzzi To His Mistress
04. Serenade Of A Mountaineer In The Abruzzi To His Mistress 06:51
Royal Hunt And Storm
05. Royal Hunt And Storm 09:29
Reverie et Caprice, Op. 8
06. Reverie et Caprice, Op. 8 08:40
Scherzo, Queen Mab
07. Scherzo, Queen Mab 08:15
Love Scene
08. Love Scene 18:07
Marche hongroise (Rakoczy March)
09. Marche hongroise (Rakoczy March) 04:14
