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Berlioz’s songs and scenes with orchestra are more often associated with big voices, whether sopranos like Regine Crespin or mezzos like Janet Baker. But despite
Taken from live performances in London in December, 2000 (but with nary a sound from the audience), you might think that since Colin Davis previously
This is a wonderfully theatrical performance, handsomely played, hampered by a strange acoustic. Recorded live in London in October, 2000, the volume has to be
Colin Davis gives one of the best overall performances of the Berlioz Requiem, but there are superior options if you value sonic spectacle over intelligent
The main interest in Eugene Ormandy’s Symphonie fantastique is the excellent playing of the Philadelphia Orchestra, which gives a good old-fashioned virtuoso performance highlighted by
Thomas Beecham recorded these Berlioz overtures for English Columbia in December, 1954 when his hand-picked Royal Philharmonic boasted the best of London’s orchestral players. The
Berlioz’s Lélio actually is a compilation of previously composed pieces, linked by narration into a quasi-dramatic framework. The sole protagonist is Lélio, formerly known as
Were not the superlative Colin Davis/LSO and Munch/Boston recordings available at budget or mid-price (depending on couplings), Yoav Talmi’s impressive Symphonie fantastique would have made
It would seem that the distinctive sound of French orchestras was vanishing even 20 years ago when this recording was made. You’d hardly be able
It seems to me that, with exception of Toscanini’s account, the old trio of “classic” Harolds by Beecham, Toscanini, and Koussevitsky has been roundly outclassed
