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This live-in-concert recording uses the 1852 version of Benvenuto Cellini, the version used when Franz Liszt convinced the Weimar opera of the work’s worthiness 14
This performance, captured on February 14, 1994 in Dresden’s Kreuzkirche, commemorates the February 13, 1945 bombing of Dresden. The interpretation is so compelling, and so
Ah, Munch and Berlioz! What a thrilling combination. This disc consists of: (a) Munch’s second and finer–both in terms of playing and sound–BSO Fantastique, dating
It’s somehow fitting that this new coupling of Berlioz and Ravel song cycles should be released at the same time that we learn of the
The Requiem and Symphonie funèbre make logical disc-mates, as both stand among Berlioz’s most public works. As usual with Davis’ Berlioz, these versions are well-played,
This DG Concerts download of the New York Philharmonic’s May 25-27, 2006 concert series is a fairly good buy at nearly 100 minutes for $9.99
This DG Concerts download preserves a “live” concert (from the series of April 27-29, 2006) that must have been a lovely occasion. Colin Davis recognizes
There are zillions of collections of music inspired by Shakespeare, but this one is more interesting than most in its selection of repertoire. None of
The Damnation of Faust, like so many of Berlioz’s larger works, has not been terribly lucky on disc, but this live performance belongs near the
For the record, this is one and the same “Munch Fantastique” credited to the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, first issued by Hungaroton on LP in the
