Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth - Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (Live) (2019)

Tracklist
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01. Symphonie Fantastique in C Major, Op. 14: 1. Rêveries-Passions (Live)
02. Symphonie Fantastique in C Major, Op. 14: 2. Un bal (Live)
03. Symphonie Fantastique in C Major, Op. 14: 3. Scène aux champs (Live)
04. Symphonie Fantastique in C Major, Op. 14: 4. Marche au supplice (Live)
05. Symphonie Fantastique in C Major, Op. 14: 5. Songe d'une nuit de sabbat (Live)
06. Grande Ouverture des francs-juges, Op. 3 (Live)


Drawing on various themes dear to the early Romantic movement of the 1820s, the Symphonie Fantastique turned the rules of a classical symphony on their head - to better serve Berlioz’s intentions.

This new reading by the ensemble Les Siècles is based on a close study of the composer’s autograph score and benefits from an intimate familiarity with period instruments, which here include the church bells of his hometown, La Côte-Saint-André.

The Fantastique includes passages from an early operatic effort he left unfinished: Les Francs-Juges - a piece François-Xavier Roth deems worthy of being placed alongside Berlioz’s more famous symphonic works we cherish today.

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