Track Listings (5) - Disc #1| All Artists: Hector Berlioz, Charles Dutoit, Lambert Wilson, Richard Clement, Choeur de l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Philippe Rouillon, Rolf Bertsch, Jennifer Schwartz Title: Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Lelio, Tristia Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Decca Original Release Date: 1/1/2001 Re-Release Date: 11/13/2001 Genre: Classical Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Symphonies Number of Discs: 2 SwapaCD Credits: 2 UPC: 028945801124 |
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 | Hector Berlioz, Charles Dutoit, Lambert Wilson Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Lelio, Tristia Genre: Classical
Lélio is a strange work, a 50-minute piece for narrator, orchestra, chorus, and vocal soloists. Written as a sequel to the Symphonie Fantastique, it weaves in the idée fixe theme of that work, and its monologues ... more » |
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Amazon.com Lélio is a strange work, a 50-minute piece for narrator, orchestra, chorus, and vocal soloists. Written as a sequel to the Symphonie Fantastique, it weaves in the idée fixe theme of that work, and its monologues exude the hyper-Romantic sensibility of the lone artist haunted by his fantasies. The narrator's text today reads (and sounds) pretty silly but without it, Lélio becomes a miscellaneous collection of short pieces, each worth hearing, as is anything by Berlioz, but not adding up to more than a repertory curiosity. Tristia consists of three short works published together in 1852, but written separately between 1831 and 1844. The middle piece, "La Mort d'Ophélie," is better known in its original version for voice and piano. Here, a later version for chorus and orchestra is used. Tristia closes with a funeral march illustrating the last scene of Hamlet. Disc One is given over to a reissue of Dutoit's 1985 release of the Symphonie Fantastique, a warm performance that lacks the fantasy of older favorites like Munch and Paray, but is less strait-laced than classically oriented versions such as Colin Davis's. Berlioz fans will want the set for the lesser-known works; others may want to hear them in company with Dutoit's decently done Fantastique. --Dan Davis Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsReviewed in honor of Berlioz's 200th birthday J Scott Morrison | Middlebury VT, USA | 12/18/2003 (5 out of 5 stars) "Fellow Amazon reviewer Bob Zeidler has recently reviewed a number of Berlioz releases in honor of Berlioz's 200th birthday. I decided, particularly since I noticed that there had been no reviews of this mid-priced 2CD set, to say something about this issue from Charles Dutoit and l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, along with their chorus. Amazon lists several different issues of the 'Fantastique'by Dutoit and the Montréal but I think (but am not sure) they are all repackagings of his 1985 recording. I could be wrong. In any event, this current twofer contains the 1985 Symphonie fantastique on Disc 1 and some Berlioz rarities on Disc 2. The performance of the Symphonie is one of my favorites of the perhaps eight versions that I own. No one will replace Munch, Colin Davis, or even Riccardo Muti, but this one has merits of its own. For one thing it was recorded when the Montreál was at the height of its considerable powers, The orchestra SOUNDS French, the recorded sound is exemplary, and I admire Dutoit's ability not only to thrill and stir us, particularly in the 'Songe d'une nuit du sabbat' and the 'Marche au supplice,' but even to move us, not something that usually happens with these sections which are generally played for their rock'em sock'em effects. There is a nightmare quality that grabs me each time I listen to them. I think Dutoit catches the early Romantic psychology of the piece as well as anybody, and better than most. The other pieces are not really top-drawer Berlioz, honestly, but I think Dutoit gives a good account of Lélio and of Tristia nonetheless. The narrated text of Lélio is--how can I be kind?--silly, but fortunately there are separate cuts so that one can program the narration out if one wishes, and I suspect you will wish to do so after perhaps one listen to it. This is not to say that actor Lambert Wilson doesn't do his creditable best, but still ...Tristia has some exquisite choral passages and the concluding Funeral March is one of Berlioz's most masterful compositions. The performances are wonderful. I have no other recordings of Tristia and can't compare it with others, but it's hard to imagine any performance being much better.Recommended.Scott Morrison"
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