Berlioz, Paganini – Works for Viola and Orchestra – David Aaron Carpenter

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict, op.27
Harold en Italie (Symphony with Viola obbligato), op.16 [viola plays the version written for Paganini]
Nicolò Paganini (1782-1840):
Sonata per la Gran Viola e Orchestra, op.35

David Aaron Carpenter - viola
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy - conductor

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Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique – Karajan

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Symphonie fantastique, op.14
La Damnation de Faust, op.24

Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan - conductor

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Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique – Les Siècles

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Symphonie Fantastique, op.14

Les Siècles [on period instruments]
François-Xavier Roth - conductor

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Berlioz – Les nuits d'été, La mort de Cléopâtre – Daniel Barenboim

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Les nuits d'été, op.7 *
La mort de Cléopâtre +
Rouget de Lisle (1760-1836):
La Marseillaise #

Kiri Te Kanawa - soprano *
Jessye Norman - soprano +
Plácido Domingo - tenor #
Choeurs de l'Orchestre de Paris
Orchestre de Paris
Daniel Barenboim - conductor

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Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, Dukas – Symphonic Works – James Levine

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Benvenuto Cellini, op.23 - overture
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Symphony no.3 in C minor, op.78 "Organ"
Paul Dukas (1865-1935):
L'apprenti sorcier

Simon Preston - organ
Berliner Philharmoniker
James Levine - conductor

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Lalo, Saint-Saens, Berlioz – Works for Violin and Orchestra – Itzhak Perlman

Édouard Lalo (1823-1892):
Symphonie espagnole, op.21
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor, op.61
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Rêverie et Caprice, op.8

Itzhak Perlman - violin
Orchestre de Paris
Daniel Barenboim - conductor

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Berlioz – Harold en Italie, Tristia – John Eliot Gardiner

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Harold en Italie, op.16 *
Tristia, op.18 +

Gérard Caussé - viola *
Monteverdi Choir +
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique [on period instruments]
John Eliot Gardiner - conductor

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Lalo, Saint-Saëns, Berlioz – Works for Violin and Orchestra – Itzhak Perlman

Édouard Lalo (1823-1892):
Symphonie espagnole, op.21 for violin and orchestra
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor, op.61
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Rêverie et Caprice, op.8 for violin and orchestra

Itzhak Perlman - violin
Orchestre de Paris
Daniel Barenboim - conductor

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Reber, Berlioz, Liszt – 'Le Paris des Romantiques' – Le Cercle de l'Harmonie

Napoléon Henri Reber (1807–1880):
Symphony No.4 in G  major, op.33
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Rêverie et Caprice for Violin and Orchestra, op.8
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major, S.124

Bertrand Chamayou - piano
Julien Chauvin - violin
Le Cercle de l'Harmonie  [on period instruments]
Jérémie Rhorer - conductor

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Berlioz – Overtures – Charles Munch

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Overture "Le carnaval romain"
Overture "Béatrice et Bénédict"
Overture "Le corsaire"
"Les troyens" - royal hunt and strom
Overture "Benvenuto Cellini"
"Roméo et Juliette" - Queen Mab Scherzo
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
"Le rouet d'Omphale", op.31

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch - conductor

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Berlioz – L'Enfance du Christ – John Eliot Gardiner

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
L'Enfance du Christ

Anne Sofie von Otter - mezzo-soprano
Gilles Cachemaille - baritone
José van Dam - bass
Jules Bastin - bass
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson - tenor
René Schirrer - baritone
Michel Fockenoy - tenor
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
John Eliot Gardiner - conductor

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Berlioz, Beethoven, R.Strauss – Symphonic Works – Lorin Maazel

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Symphonie fantastique, op.14
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, op.15 *
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op.28

Géza Anda - piano *
Wiener Philharmoniker
Lorin Maazel - conductor

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Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique, Les nuits d'Été, etc. - Pierre Boulez

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):

CD 1:
Lélio, ou Le Retour à la vie, op.14b *
Bétrice et Bénédict - Ouverture & Entr'acte
Les Troyans - Chasse royale et orage

Jean-Louis Barrault - narrator *
John Mitchinson - tenor *
John Shirley-Quirk - baritone *


CD 2:
Les Nuits d'été, op.7 *
La Mort de Cléopatre +

Yvonne Minton - mezzo-soprano * +
Stuart Burrows - tenor *


CD 3:
Symphonie fantastique, op.14
Benvenutto Cellini - ouverture
Le Carnaval romain, op.9


London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
New York Philharmonic
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez - conductor

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Berlioz – Roméo et Juliette, Overtures – Sir Colin Davis

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Roméo et Juliette - symphonie dramatique *
Overture "Béatrice et Bénédict" +
Overture "Le Roi Lear" +
Overture "Les Franc-Juges" +
Overture "Waverley" +
Overture "Le Corsaire" +

Olga Borodina - mezzo-soprano *
Thomas Moser - tenor *
Alastair Miles - bass *
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks *
Wiener Philharmoniker *
London Symphony Orchestra +
Sir Colin Davis - conductor

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Berlioz – Les Nuits d'été, Harold en Italie – Marc Minkowski

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Harold en Italie, op.16 *
Les nuits d'Été, op.7 +
Le Roi de Thulé (from La Damnation de Faust), op.24

Anne Sophie von Otter - mezzo-soprano +
Antoine Tamestit - viola *
Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble [on period instruments]
Marc Minkowski - conductor

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Berlioz – L'Enfance du Christ, La Mort de Cléopatre & other works – Sir Colin Davis

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
L'Enfance du Christ *
La Mort de Cléopâtre
Sara la baigneuse
Méditation religieuse
La Mort d'Ophélie

Peter Pears *
Elsie Morison *
John Cameron *
Joseph Rouleau *
John Frost *
The Goldsbrough Orchestra *
English Chamber Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis - conductor

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Berlioz – Requiem – Sir Colin Davis

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Requiem, op.5 (Grande Messe des Morts)

Ronald Down - tenor
Wandsworth School Boy's Choir
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis - conductor

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Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique, Harold in Italy & other orchestral works – Sir Colin Davis

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):

CD 1:
Symphonie fantastique, op.14
Le carnaval romain, op.9
Le corsaire, op.21

CD 2:
Harold en Italie, op.16
Symphonie funèbre et triomphale, op.15

Nobuko Imai - viola
John Alldis Choir
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis - conductor

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Berlioz, Ravel, Debussy, Poulenc – Songs with Orchestra and with Piano – Régine Crespin

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Les Nuits d'Été
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Shéhérazade
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Trois Chansos de Bilitis
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Chanson d'Orkenise
Hôtel
Le Carafon
La Reine de coeur
Les gars qui vont à la fête
Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon

Regine Crespin - soprano
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet - conductor

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Berlioz - Les Troyens – Sir Colin Davis

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Les Troyens - opera in 5 acts

with:
Jon Vickers
Josephine Veasey
Berit Lindholm
Peter Glossop
Heather Begg
Roger Soyer
Anthony Raffell
Anne Howells
Ian Partridge
Pierre Thau
Elizabeth Bainbridge
Ryland Davies
Raimund Herincx
Dennis Wicks
David Lennox

Wandsworth School Boy's Choir
Chorus of the Royal Opera House
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Sir Colin Davis - conductor

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