The Bitter End
Donald Macleod explores the bitter final years of Hector Berlioz, when he was troubled by ill-health and a continued poor reception for his music in France.
Donald Macleod explores the bitter final years of Hector Berlioz, when, troubled by ill health and a continued poor reception for his music in France he was moved to write in his Memoirs: "I am alone. My contempt for the folly and baseness of mankind, my hatred of its atrocious cruelty, have never been so intense. And I say hourly to death: 'When you will.' Why does he delay?".
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Charles‐François Gounod
Faust - Ballet music, no.5; Les Troyennes
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Frémaux.- EMI: 7 69932 2.
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Charles‐François Gounod
Faust - Ballet music, no.5; Les Troyennes [moderato con moto]
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Frémaux.- EMI: 7 69932 2.
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Hector Berlioz
Les Troyens a Carthage - Intermezzo; Chasse royale et orage
Choir: Montreal Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Montreal S O. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.- DECCA : 443-693 2.
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Hector Berlioz
Les Troyens A Carthage - Chasse royale et orage
Choir: Montreal Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Montreal S O. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.- DECCA : 443-693 2.
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Hector Berlioz
Beatrice et Benedict - opera in 2 acts Op.27 Overture
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Choir: Paris Orchestra Chorus.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 449-577 2.
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Hector Berlioz
Beatrice Et Benedict - Overture
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Choir: Paris Orchestra Chorus.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 449-577 2.
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Hector Berlioz
Beatrice et Benedict - opera in 2 acts Op.27 Act 2, no.10; Dieu! Que viens-je d
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Choir: Paris Orchestra Chorus.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 449-577 2.
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Hector Berlioz
Beatrice Et Benedict -Act 2, no.10; Dieu! Que viens-je d'entendre?
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Choir: Paris Orchestra Chorus.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 449-577 2.
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Hector Berlioz
Sara la baigneuse Op.11 Act 2, no.10; Dieu! Que viens-je d'entendre?
Singer: Gaele le Roi. Performer: Noel Lee. Singer: Francoise Biscara.- HARMONIA MUNDI : HMA-1951293.
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Hector Berlioz
Sara La Baigneuse Op.11 For Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano & Piano Publ.1850 - Orig For
Performer: Noel Lee. Singer: Gaele le Roi. Singer: Francoise Biscara.- HARMONIA MUNDI : HMA-1951293.
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Hector Berlioz
Waverley - overture Op.1
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.- Sony: SMK89807.
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Hector Berlioz
Waverley - Overture Op.1
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.- Sony: SMK89807.
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