Berlioz - Harold en Italie, Op. 16
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Berlioz: Harold en Italie
RecommendedJames Ehnes (viola), James Ehnes (violin)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Davis and his production team have worked hard to keep James Ehnes's quite ravishingly beautiful playing in focus..It sounds as if Davis sees the work as more lyrical and Romantic...than as... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été & Harold en Italie
RecommendedMichael Spyres (baritenor), Timothy Ridout (viola), Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, John Nelson
This is special. Two extraordinary masterpieces...Two outstanding soloists thoroughly immersed in Berlioz’s music, partnered by an orchestra and conductor with an unsurpassed pedigree in the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th November 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year, Solo Vocal & Conductor of the Year
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Berlioz: Harold en Italie & Les Nuits d'été
RecommendedTabea Zimmermann (viola), Stéphane Degout (baritone)
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Les Nuits d’été rapidly came to be seen as a vehicle for female voice. Stephane Dégout’s superb account makes clear this need not be so…Roth’s period-instrument ensemble Les Siècles provides... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th January 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
RecommendedConsuelo Rubio, Richard Verreau, Michel Roux, Pierre Mollet, Heinz Kirchner (viola)
Elisabeth Brasseur Choir · Chœur Enfants · R.T.F. · Orchestre Lamoureux, Paris · Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre Lamoureax, Paris, Berliner Philharmoniker, Igor Markevitch
The names of the soloists may not be familiar to everyone nowadays (Richard Verreau, Michel Roux and Consuelo Rubio) but with the Lamoureux Orchestra and Elisabeth Brasseur Choir under Igor... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Best-kept Secrets
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Building a Library, February 2018, Also Recommended
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Hector Berlioz – The Complete Works Artists include Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Adrian Boult, André Previn, Louis Frémaux, Jean Martinon, Leonard Bernstein, Michel Plasson, Louis Langrée, John Eliot Gardiner, Sir John Barbirolli, Charles Dutoit, John Nelson, André Cluytens
Yes, all of Berlioz, including classic and historical recordings, rarities and rediscoveries, from a huge range of performers. The opening track is a breath of fresh air, the Francs-Juges overture... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, March 2019, Réédition
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019, Historical
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Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Été & Harold in Italy
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, Marc Minkowski
Minkowski gives [Harold] an energetic, crisp, emphatic reading. The sinewy sound of the Louvre players' period instruments, though, lends it a rougher, almost folkier texture, against which... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2012, Orchestral Choice
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Zimmermann gets the sound just right. Her sound is sensuously rich...Davis relishes the emotional extravagance of it all. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2003, Disc of the Month
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Liszt's resourceful transcription of Berlioz's orchestral masterpiece is certainly worth hearing, though the recorded balance lessens the overall impact. — More…
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Berlioz: Harold in Italy David Aaron Carpenter (viola)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
the undisputed star is the first recording of the more virtuosic, original version of Harold in Italy which is fully exploited by Carpenter's beguiling, beautiful tone and thrilling technique.... — More…
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