Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été / Harold en Italie
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été / Harold en Italie
Michael Spyres (baritenor), Timothy Ridout (viola) / Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, John Nelson
[ Erato Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 25 November 2022
This item is only available to us via Special Import.
Continuing Warner Classics' multiple-award-winning Berlioz cycle (Les Troyens, La Damnation de Faust) with conductor John Nelson and the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg.
Berlioz's orchestral song cycle on a libretto by Théophile Gautier, Les Nuits d'été, is sung by superstar (bari)tenor Michael Spyres. This is the first ever recording of the original 1856 version by one single voice - Michael Spyres sings with a bass, tenor and baritone voice.
Featuring the young British viola player Timothy Ridout in Berlioz's Harold en Italie.
"... the terrifically talented Timothy Ridout, one of the BBC's recent New Generation Artists." - The Times, April 2021
Tracks:
Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7
Harold en Italie, Op. 16
