Hector Berlioz - The Complete Works
$135.00
Low Stock
add to cart
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Hector Berlioz - The Complete Works
Véronique Gens, Renaud Capuçon, Jose van Dam, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, René Schirrer, Jessye Norman, John Aler, Laurent Naouri, Nicolas Rivenq, etc
[ Erato / Warner / Philips / 27 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Tuesday 6 February 2018
This item is only available to us via Special Import.
Hector Berlioz, France's greatest Romantic composer, exemplifies the spirit of his age - yet his genius was also ahead of its time. Reflecting his colourful life, his music is astonishing for its originality and ambition, and for orchestration of groundbreaking brilliance.
This, the first-ever complete Berlioz edition, comprises carefully selected recordings and even includes works completely new to the catalogue. The accompanying booklet, lavishly illustrated, contains a fascinating commentary from Berlioz biographer David Cairns, whose words bring the composer's music still more vividly to life.
""very unique, especially in brass section, probably old French Orchestra, very authentic...resplendent. opulent in the extreme!" Classical Music Forum [Symphonie Fantastique, Martinon]
"It is a work whose full-blown romanticism evidently appealed to Leonard Bernstein, whose French recorded version with Donald McInnes as soloist, manages both the melancholy and the orchestral extroversion with total conviction." Guardian ['Harold in Italy', Bernstein]
"The playing of the Philadelphia Orchestra is, predictably, splendidly polished and fine-toned-passages such as the cellos' recitative in the love scene or the oboe solo in ''Romeo seul'' could scarcely be more eloquent". Gramophone [Romeo et Juliette, Muti]
Gramophone Magazine December 2001 Editor's Choice [Cleopatre, Veronique Gens]
"New versions of Faust have been appearing more or less annually in recent years, but it is rare to encounter one as good as Kent Nagano's. At its centre is a perception of Berlioz's extraordinary vision, in all its colour and variety and humour and pessimism, and the ability to realize this in a broad downward sweep while setting every detail sharply in place. Nagano takes the Hungarian March at a pace that grows hectic as the dream of military glory turns hollow. These are sharp perceptions, brilliantly realized." Gramophone [La Damnation de Faust, Nagano]
"Nelson is in no great rush, allowing Berlioz's music time to breathe where necessary…Nelson's cast is simply to die for. Marie-Nicole Lemieux captures all the wildness and unhinged desperation of Cassandre, her burnt caramel contralto utterly compelling…Énée is thrillingly sung by Michael Spyres…DiDonato's vehement response to Énée's desertion reveals her as a great tragedienne…In short this is a peach of recording." Gramophone Recording Of The Year 2018 [Les Troyens]
"Berlioz's reckless demands on the orchestra are brilliantly answered. The recording engineers have done extraordinarily well in conveying so much detail even when matters are hurtling full tilt in the Roman Carnival scene and in the final casting of the Perseus. John Nelson steers it all with a sure hand and total conviction." Gramophone [Benvenuto Cellini, John Nelson]
Tracks:
Les Francs-juges Overture, Op. 3
London Classical Players
Sir Roger Norrington
Overture "Waverley", Op. 1, H. 26
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult
Overture "Le Roi Lear", Op. 4, H. 53
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult
Overture "Intrata di Rob-Roy MacGregor", H. 54
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult
Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Mariss Jansons
Le Corsaire Overture, Op. 21
London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn
Les Troyens, Op. 29, H. 133, Act 1: No. 11, Marche troyenne
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Louis Frémaux
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Orchestre National de l'O.R.T.F.
Jean Martinon
Lélio, ou le retour à la vie, Op. 14bis, H. 55b: I. "Dieu ! Je vis encore" (Lélio)
Orchestre National de l'O.R.T.F.
Jean Martinon
Jean Topart (narrator)
Lélio, ou le retour à la vie, Op. 14bis, H. 55b: II. "L'onde frémit" (Horatio)
Orchestre National de l'O.R.T.F.
Jean Martinon
Charles Burles (tenor), Michel Sendrez (piano)
Lélio, ou le retour à la vie, Op. 14bis, H. 55b
Choeurs de l'O.R.T.F., Orchestre National de l'O.R.T.F.
Jean Martinon
Jean van Gorp (baritone), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Marie Claire Jamet (harp), Jean Topart (narrator)
Harold en Italie, Op. 16
Orchestre National de France
Leonard Bernstein
Donald McInnes (viola)
Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17, H. 79, Pt. 1, 2 , 3 & 4
Philadelphia Orchestra, Westminster Choir
Riccardo Muti
Jessye Norman (soprano), John Aler (tenor)
Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Op. 15, H. 80b
Musique des Gardiens de la Paix, Chorale Populaire de Paris
Désiré Dondeyne
Rêverie et caprice, Op. 8, H. 88
Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Daniel Harding
Renaud Capuçon (violin)
Fugue, H. 22
Matthieu Baboulène-Fossey (organ)
Fugue à 3 sujets, H. 35
Matthieu Baboulène-Fossey (organ)
3 morceaux pour l'orgue mélodium d'Alexandre, H. 98-100
Neil Wright (organ)
Je vais donc quitter pour jamais, H6
Christophe Crapez (tenor)
Le dépit de la bergère, H. 7
Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Jeff Cohen (piano)
Nocturne a 2 voix, H31
Françoise Pollet (soprano), Göran Söllscher (guitar), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Le Maure jaloux, H. 9b
John Aler (tenor), Cord Garben (piano)
Amitié, reprends ton empire, H. 10b
Françoise Pollet (soprano), Cord Garben (piano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Canon libre à la quinte, H14
Françoise Pollet (soprano), Cord Garben (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Le montagnard exilé, H15
Françoise Pollet (soprano), Christine Mühlbach (harp), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Pleure, pauvre Colette, H. 11
Graham Johnson (piano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
Toi qui l'aimas, verse des pleurs, H. 16
Gilles Ragon (tenor), Jean-Louis Haguenauer (piano)
La révolution grecque, H. 21a
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Choeur Les Éléments
Michel Plasson
Laurent Naouri (bass), Nicolas Rivenq (baritone)
Herminie, H. 29
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
La mort d'Orphée, H25
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Choeur Les Éléments
Michel Plasson
Rolando Villazón (tenor)
Cléopâtre - Scène lyrique, H36
Opéra National de Lyon
Louis Langrée
Véronique Gens (soprano)
8 scènes de Faust, Op. 1, H. 33
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Choeur de Radio France
Yutaka Sado
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (tenor), Frédéric Caton (bass), Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Claude Zibi (guitar)
Le ballet des ombres, Op. 2, H. 37: Ronde nocturne
Choeur Les Éléments
David Bismuth (piano)
Sardanapale, H50
Orchestre National de Lille
Jean-Claude Casadesus
Daniel Gàlvez-Vallejo (tenor)
Irlande, Op. 2, H. 38
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Choeur Les Éléments
Michel Plasson
Rolando Villazón (tenor), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Françoise Pollet (soprano), David Bismuth (piano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Cord Garben (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Laurent Naouri (bass)
Tristia, Op. 18, H. 119: I. Méditation religieuse, H. 56b
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Choeur Les Éléments
Michel Plasson
La captive orientale, Op. 12, H. 60f
Opéra National de Lyon
Louis Langrée
Véronique Gens (soprano)
Les champs, H. 67b
John Aler (tenor), Cord Garben (piano)
Je crois en vous, H. 70
Thomas Allen (baritone), Cord Garben (piano)
Le chant des Bretons, H. 71b
John Aler (tenor), Cord Garben (piano)
Chansonnette de Mr Léon de Wailly, H. 73
John Aler (tenor), Cord Garben (piano)
Fleurs des landes, Op. 13, H. 124: IV. Le jeune pâtre breton, H. 65d
Opéra National de Lyon
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Howard Crook (tenor)
Sara la baigneuse, Op. 11, H. 69c
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Choeur Les Éléments
Michel Plasson
Aubade, H. 78b
Opéra National de Lyon
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Howard Crook (tenor)
Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7, H. 81b (2 recordings)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Opéra National de Lyon
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir John Barbirolli
Howard Crook (tenor), Catherine Robbin (mezzo-soprano), Gilles Cachemaille (baritone), Diane Montague (mezzo-soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Le cinq mai, Op. 6, H. 74
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Choeur Les Éléments
Michel Plasson
Laurent Naouri (bass)
La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24, H. 111, Pt. 1, 2, 3 & 4
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Maîtrise de l'Opéra de Lyon, Choeur de l'Opéra de Lyon
Kent Nagano
Thomas Moser (tenor)
Tristia, Op. 18, H. 119: II. La mort d'Ophélie, H. 92a
Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
Feuillets d'album, Op. 19, H. 121: V. La belle Isabeau, H. 94
Royal Opera Chorus, Stockholm
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Cord Garben (piano)
Tristia Op. 18, H. 119: III. Marche funèbre pour la dernière scène d'Hamlet, H. 103
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
Louis Frémaux
Feuillets d'album, Op. 9, H. 121
Opéra National de Lyon, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Choeur Les Éléments
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Michel Plasson, Louis Langrée
Véronique Gens (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor), Gilles Cachemaille (baritone)
Prière du matin, H112
Heinrich Schütz Choir and Chorale
Sir Roger Norrington
Peter Smith (piano)
Vox populi, H. 120
Heinrich Schütz Choir and Chorale
Sir Roger Norrington
Peter Smith (piano)
Fleurs des landes, Op. 13, H. 124: III. Le Trébuchet, H. 113
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)
L'Impériale, Op. 26, H. 129
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Choeurs de l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Charles Dutoit
Le temple universel, H. 137a
Heinrich Schütz Choir and Chorale
Sir Roger Norrington
Ryland Davies (tenor), Peter Smith (harmonium)
Berlioz / Orch Chauris: Le temple universel, H. 137a
Spirito, Orchestre Les Siècles, Jeune Chœur symphonique, Chœur d'Oratorio de Lyon
François-Xavier Roth
Messe solennelle, H. 20a
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Gilles Cachemaille (bass-baritone), Jean-Luc Viala (tenor), Donna Brown (soprano)
Quartetto e Coro dei Maggi, H59
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Choeurs de l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Charles Dutoit
Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
Louis Frémaux
Robert Tear (tenor)
Te Deum, Op. 22
Orchestre de Paris, Maîtrise d'Antony, Choeur d'enfants de L'Union Européenne, Choeur de l'Orchestre de Paris
John Nelson
Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Roberto Alagna (tenor)
L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25, H. 130, Pt. 1, 2 & 3
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Monteverdi Choir
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), René Schirrer (baritone), José van Dam (baritone), Gilles Cachemaille (baritone), Michel Fockenoy (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Hymne pour la consécration du nouveau tabernacle, H135
Choeur Les Éléments
David Bismuth (piano)
Veni Creator Spiritus, H. 141
Choeur Les Éléments
Tantum ergo sacramentum, H. 142
Choeur Les Éléments
Frank Villars (harmonium)
Benvenuto Cellini, H. 76a
Orchestre National de France, Chœur de Radio France
John Nelson
Éric Huchet (tenor), Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Ronan Nédélec (baritone), Laurent Naouri (bass-baritone), Éric Salha (tenor), Jean-Francois Lapointe (baritone), Marc Mauillon (baritone), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Gregory Kunde (tenor)
La Nonne sanglante, H. 91
Orchestre OSE !
Daniel Kawka
Vincent Le Texier (baritone), Véronique Gens (soprano), Mark Van Arsdale (tenor)
Béatrice et Bénédict, H. 138
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon, Choeurs de l'Opéra de Lyon
John Nelson
Sylvia McNair (soprano), Jean-Luc Viala (tenor), Vincent Le Texier (bass), Gabriel Bacquier (baritone), Catherine Robbin (mezzo-soprano), Valérie Jeannet (actor), Philippe Magnant (actor), Susan Graham (soprano), Gilles Cachemaille (baritone), Philippe Bardy (actor), Philippe Bertin (actor), Gabriel Bacquier (actor), Sophie Niedergang (actor), Laurence Roy (actor), Enrico Di Giovanni (actor), Jean-Paul Racodon (actor)
Les Troyens, Op. 29, H. 133
Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Choeur de l'Opéra national du Rhin, Choeur Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Badischer Staatsopernchor
John Nelson
Richard Rittelmann (bass), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (mezzo-soprano), Stéphane Degout (baritone), Michael Spyres (tenor), Philippe Sly (bass), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor), Nicolas Courjal (bass), Marianne Crebassa (mezzo-soprano), Bertrand Grunenwald (bass), Agnieszka Slawinska (soprano), Jérôme Varnier (bass), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Frédéric Caton (bass), Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Jean Teitgen (bass), Hanna Hipp (mezzo-soprano)
Rouget de Lisle: Berlioz / Arr Berlioz: Chant du Neuf Thermidor, H. 51bis
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Choeur du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson
Tibère Raffalli (tenor)
Rouget de Lisle: Rouget de Lisle / Arr Berlioz: Hymne des Marseillais, H. 51A
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Maîtrise des Hauts de Seine, Choeur du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson
Olivier Picard (boy soprano), Tibère Raffalli (tenor), Marcel Vanaud (baritone), François Le Roux (baritone), Françoise Pollet (soprano)
Weber / Orch Berlioz: L'Invitation à la valse, H. 90
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
André Cluytens
Robert Cordier (cello)
Jean Paul Égide Martini: Berlioz / Orch Berlioz: Plaisir d'amour, H. 134 (Orch. Berlioz)
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit
François Le Roux (baritone)
Schubert / Orch. Berlioz: Erlkönig, H. 136
Insula Orchestra
Laurence Equilbey
Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor)
La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24, H. 111, Pt. 2: "Voici des roses" (Méphistophélès)
Maurice Renaud (baritone)
La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24, H. 111, Pt. 3: "Devant la maison" (Méphistophélès)
Maurice Renaud (baritone)
Les Troyens, Op. 29, H. 133, Act 3: "Chers Tyriens, tant de nobles travaux" (Didon)
Marie Delna (soprano)
Les Troyens, Op. 29, H. 133, Act 5: "Adieu, fière cité" (Didon)
Félia Litvinne (soprano)
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Orchestre des Concerts Pasdeloup
Rhené-Baton
