Since you are interested in Symphonie fantastique / Le Corsaire Overture, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (complete opera recorded in 2007) Grobes festspielhaus, Salzburg / Burkhard Fritz, Maija Kovalevska, Laurent Naouri, Brindley Sherratt / Valery Gergiev (cond) [ Naxos Unitel DVD / DVD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] "Burkhard Fritz as Benvenuto is a strong heroic tenor and copes well with the vocal demands of the role, while Maria Kovalevska as his beloved Teresa enchants us with her lovely voice and physical beauty." (The WholeNote.com) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Maggie Teyte - A Vocal Portrait (recorded 1932-48) Maggie Teyte (soprano) [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] Songs by Purcell, Martini. Grétry, Pergolesi, Berlioz, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Fauré, Elgar, Quilter, Debussy, et al. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berioz: Cantatas: Herminie, La Mort de Sardanapale, La Mort d'Orphee Michele Lagrange (soprano) Beatrice Uria-Monzon (mezzo) Daniel Galvez-Vallejo (tenor) / Pas-de-Calais North Regional Choir / Jean-Claude Casadesus [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] "Berlioz's youthful Cantatas are brimful with wild passion and energy that shaped his larger-than-life adventures in his early days as struggling composer. Jean-Claude Casadesus and dramatic soprano Michele Lagrange give a suitably full blooded... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Yoav Talmi [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Feb/2002 ] "This account has plenty of fire and imagination" (ClassicsToday) |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
The Best Of Berlioz (Includes Royal Hunt And Storm; March To The Scaffold & Reverie et Caprice, Op. 8 ) Rivka Golani (viola), Igor Gruppman (violin) San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Master Chorale, Polish State Phi [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Feb/2003 ] Way ahead of his time, misunderstood, and a rebel. It is difficult to believe, as we hail Beethoven's achievements, that the great German composer had only been dead three years when Berlioz wrote the erotic Symphonie Fantastique. |
WEBER / MENDELSSOHN / BERLIOZ
Furtwangler Early Recordings, Vol. 3 (Incls A Midsummer Night's Dream' & 'Invitation to the Dance') [rec 1929-35] Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Wilheim Furtwangler [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Volume 3 of The Early Recordings is a welcome reminder that Furtwängler's musical sympathies went beyond Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner and Wagner, the composers with whom he is most closely associated. |
DISCOVER MUSIC OF THE ROMANTIC ERA
Discover Music of the Romantic Era: combination of illustrative music and a richly filled book David McLeery (Writer) / Various artists and performers [ Naxos Educational / 2 CD - released 15/Jul/2008 ] Amidst a background of wars and revolution, the nineteenth century produced many of the world's best-loved composers. Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin and Tchaikovsky are just some of the many familiar names whose music was shaped by the events of period. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 & Symphonic Dances Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2013 ] "Slatkin is with Rachmaninov, all the way. He revels in the first movement's restless shifts, pitting the brute power of full ensemble against woodwind detail and soaring cellos." (William Dart NZ Herald) |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Grobes festspielhaus, Salzburg / Burkhard Fritz, Maija Kovalevska, Laurent Naouri, Brindley Sherratt / Valery Gergiev (cond) [ Naxos Unitel Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2010 ] The high-calibre cast, headed by Burkhard Fritz as the temperamental Renaissance artist and the 26-year-old Latvian soprano Maija Kovalevska as Teresa, the woman with whom he tries to elope, is conducted by Valery Gergiev who "pulled out all the... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Symphonie Fantastique, S470 (from Berlioz, Op. 14) / Harold en Italie, transcription for viola & piano (after Berlioz), S. 472 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos Idil Biret Edition / 2 CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] "The two-CD compilation of Biret's rendition of two Liszt arrangements of works by Berlioz is fascinating on almost every level." (infodad.com) |