Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini Overture
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Orchestral » Overtures
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Special offer. Berlioz: Harold en Italie & La mort de Cléopâtre
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
This Harold in Italy takes a while to get going...Gergiev's pacing of the opening in its use of dynamics...Still, he brings out details in the score, and the third movement Serenade finds both... — More…
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the playing here is satisfyingly mellow and vibrant, with warm strings and sturdy woodwind, yet also refreshing and translucent. This is aided by Andrew Davis's tempos fairly spacious and unforced... — More…
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Awards:
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Boulez Conducts Berlioz
Jean-Louis Barrault (speaker), John Alldis (chorus master), John Mitchinson (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Stuart Burrows (tenor), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, New York Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
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Various of these recordings were previously available as part of Philips’s long-defunct The Early Years series but the current collection is superior in all respects, a masterpiece of careful... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2020, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, May 2020, Rééditions
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Berlioz: Harold en Italie
Lisa Berthaud (viola) & Giovanni Radivo (violin)
Orchestre National de Lyon, Leonard Slatkin
here [Harold] comes across as a winner...The Lyon orchestra luxuriates in Berlioz’s instrumental colours, and the fillers include swaggering renditions of the Benvenuto Cellini and Roman Carnival... — More…
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There's a lot of French music in this set: earthy readings of Poulenc’s Gloria and Les biches alongside a host of rarities...Walton’s Bach-inspired ballet The Wise Virgins is fun, and there’s... — More…
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