[ EMI Double Forte / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 16 June 1999
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"This is excellent...The French orchestra plays beautifully for Bernstein...the most interesting performance of the symphony now on record" (Gramophone on Symphonie fantastique)
"..the French Harold in Italy may be the finest on disc. Donald McInnes is both self-effacing and intense in the solo role, and he has tone for days. Bernstein is exciting without being vulgar" (ClassicalNet on Harold)
"Symphonie Fantastique" Op. 14 (1828) *
"Harold in Italy" for Viola & Orchestra, Op. 16 (1833) *
Overture "Béatrice et Bénédict" (1862)
Overture "Les Francs Juges" Op. 3 (1826)
Overture "Le Carnaval Romain" Op. 9 (1844)
Overture "La Corsaire" Op. 21 (1831)
Overture "Benvenuto Cellini" Op. 23 (1838)
* Donald McInnes, viola
* Orchestre National de France/Leonard Bernstein