Symphonie Fantastique
Victor Hugo and Hernani, Delacroix and Liberty Leading the People, Berlioz and his Symphonie Fantastique: these are the three parts of the birth of French Romanticism. A veritable musical autobiography of the brilliant composer, this Fantastique, which includes Reveries, Passions, a Ball, a Scene in the Fields, the Supplice March and a Dream, conducted by the great Sir John Eliott Gardiner, resounds here in this "marble palace enhanced with gold" that one would think was built for it...
BERLIOZ - SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
Lucile Richardot, mezzo soprano
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
It was whilst on the verge of loving despair that Hector Berlioz wrote this Symphonie Fantastique, épisode de la vie d’un artiste (episode from the life of an artist) where he portrays the obsession of this impossible love and the torture it inflicts upon the young man who has almost gone mad.
It was first performed in December 1830 and immediately became the emblem of the musical avant-garde, making use of an unheard of soundscape which drove the audience into a frenzy which had never before been known for an orchestral work in France. Revived here by the great Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the program is filled with symbolic works by the composer with the spendid overture from Le Corsaire, and the cantata, La Mort de Cléopâtre and finally, two mythical extracts from the great work by Berlioz, his opera, Les Troyens.
Critically acclaimed, this record has been awarded a Diamant by Opéra Magazine.
Coproduced by Opéra Royal/Château de Versailles Spectacles, Wahoo production, Mezzo.
Filmed at the Royal Opera of Versailles on October 21, 2018.
You may find the booklet, available in French and English, by clicking here
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- Genre Concert
- Period 19th century music
- pieces Symphonie Fantastique
- Composer Hector BERLIOZ
- Musical Ensemble Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
- Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Soloists Lucile Richardot
- Duration 1h47
BERLIOZ - SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
Lucile Richardot, mezzo soprano
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
It was whilst on the verge of loving despair that Hector Berlioz wrote this Symphonie Fantastique, épisode de la vie d’un artiste (episode from the life of an artist) where he portrays the obsession of this impossible love and the torture it inflicts upon the young man who has almost gone mad.
It was first performed in December 1830 and immediately became the emblem of the musical avant-garde, making use of an unheard of soundscape which drove the audience into a frenzy which had never before been known for an orchestral work in France. Revived here by the great Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the program is filled with symbolic works by the composer with the spendid overture from Le Corsaire, and the cantata, La Mort de Cléopâtre and finally, two mythical extracts from the great work by Berlioz, his opera, Les Troyens.
Critically acclaimed, this record has been awarded a Diamant by Opéra Magazine.
Coproduced by Opéra Royal/Château de Versailles Spectacles, Wahoo production, Mezzo.
Filmed at the Royal Opera of Versailles on October 21, 2018.
You may find the booklet, available in French and English, by clicking here
You may find this recording on our online shop by clicking here
- Genre Concert
- Period 19th century music
- pieces Symphonie Fantastique
- Composer Hector BERLIOZ
- Musical Ensemble Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
- Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Soloists Lucile Richardot
- Duration 1h47
