Daniel Harding - Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique - Rameau: Suite de Hippolyte et Aricie (2016) [Hi-Res]

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01. Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43: I. Ouverture
02. Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43: II. Air en rondeau pour les amours. Gracieusement
03. Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43: III. Marche
04. Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43: IV. Marche. Gracieusement
05. Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43: V. Premier air des Furies. Gravement
06. Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43: VI. Premier et deuxième air des Matelots. Gravement-Pesamment-Vivement
07. Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43: VII. Premier rigaudon en tambourin. Très vite
08. Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43: VIII. Deuxième Air Des Chasseurs Et Des Chasseresses En Rondeau
09. Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43: IX . Première et deuxième gavottes. Vite
10. Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: I. Rêveries-Passions
11. Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: II. Un bal
12. Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: III. Scène aux champs
13. Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: IV. Marche au supplice
14. Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: V. Songe d'une nuit de sabbat


A world might seem to divide the unbridled Romanticism of Berlioz from the highly controlled art of Rameau, standard-bearer of the French Late Baroque. And yet, at a distance of less than a century ('Hippolyte' was premiered in 1733, the 'Fantastique' in 1830), the same passion links two works more similar than their stylistic divergence might suggest. There is the same audacity in the orchestration, combined with an innate sense of drama that springs repeated rhythmic and harmonic surprises. The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra performs here a task requiring unusual versatility under their Music Director, Daniel Harding, establishing a dialogue between two very different pioneers.

Daniel Harding is also Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and Music Partner of the New Japan Philharmonic. He takes up the baton at the Orchestre de Paris -the first British maestro in the orchestra’s history - this September, 2016. He is Conductor Laureate of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra for life.

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