Various -Best Of Berlioz -Naxos CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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01. Yoav Talmi "Le carnaval romain, Op. 9: Le Carnaval romain: Overture, Op. 9"

02. Pinchas Steinberg "Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: II. Un bal (The Ball)"

03. Pinchas Steinberg "Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: IV. Marche au supplice (March to the Scaffold)"

04. Golani, Rivka "Harold en Italie, Op. 16: Serenade of a Mountaineer in the Abruzzi to His Mistress"

05. Yoav Talmi "Les Troyens: Royal Hunt and Storm"

06. Igor Gruppman "Reverie et Caprice, Op. 8"

07. Yoav Talmi "Romeo et Juliette: Scherzo, Queen Mab"

08. San Diego Master Chorale "Romeo et Juliette: Love Scene"

09. Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice "La damnation de Faust (The Damnation of Faust), Op. 24: Hungarian March, "Rakoczy March""

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Best Of by San Francisco Symphony, released 5 March 1998. This version of Best Of comes as a 1xCD. -

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.

Distributed by: MCD Music And Video Distribution GmbH, Oberweg 21C-Halle V, D-82008 Unterhaching, Munich, Germany. ? 1988-89, 94-96 HNH International Ltd. © 1997 HNH International Ltd. Made in E.E.C. Playing time: 76:16 Issued in a standard jewel case with a 4-page booklet.

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8556678

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