Berlioz: Huit Scènes de Faust

Berlioz: Huit Scènes de Faust

Berlioz: Huit Scènes de Faust
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Performer: Alain Duguay
Performer: Philip Cokorinos
Performer: Francois LeRoux
Performer: François Roux
Composer: Hector Berlioz
Composer: Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Performer: Susanne Mentzer
Performer: Maren Nelson
Orchestra: Montréal Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Performer: Susan Graham
Performer: Béatrice Baillargeon
Performer: Caroline O'Dwyer
Performer: John Mark Ainsley
Performer: Michel Dubord
Performer: Gordon Gietz
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-11-11
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
  1. I Chants De La Fete De Paques - Susan Graham
  2. II Paysans sous Les Tilleuls - Susan Graham
  3. III Concert De Sylphes - Susan Graham
  4. IV Ecot De Joyeux Compagnons - Susan Graham
  5. V Chanson De Mephistopheles - Susan Graham
  6. VI Le Roi De Thule - Susan Graham
  7. VII Romance De Marguerite - Choeur De Soldats - Susan Graham
  8. VIII Serenade De Mephistopheles - Susan Graham
  9. L'Imperiale, Op.26 - Choeur De L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal
  10. Sur Les Iagunes (Lamento) - Choeur De L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal
  11. Le Chasseur Danois, Op.19 No.6 - Choeur De L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal
  12. Plaisir D'amour - Choeur De L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal
  13. Hymne Des Marseillais - Choeur De L'Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal

Music reviews of Berlioz: Huit Scènes de Faust

Music Review: Music, Artistry, and Sound make this a winner
Rating: 5 Stars

This is another of those off-the-beaten-path CDs containing a lot of Berlioz oddities that most people don't know (or generally care) about. It's also one of the best Berlioz CDs you can get. The combination of unusual-but-rousing repertoire, playeed by Dutoit and the Montreal Orchestra, with superb sound...it's too good to be true.

But it is---for those willing to seek it out. The "Huit Scenes de Faust" was Berlioz's first published opus. It is "La Damnation de Faust" highlights, essentially. The only weak spot in it is the tenor who sings Mesphistopheles in the Serenade. The cantata "L'Imperiale" was a popular piece when Berlioz conducted it in his lifetime---within France that is. It's rousing, with its male choir and brass writing. The Montreal chorus is wonderfully French-sounding and harmonious. "Le chasseur danois" has its strongest interpretation here (I know: I have four versions)---and that is saying something special. In other hands the song can seem cumbersome, but here it is swift and strong. The Montreal brass really shines in this song.

Further, you have Berlioz's famous orchestration of Rouget de Lisle's "Marsellais," an orchestration that so impressed the anthem's composer that he planned to work with Berlioz on other projects (alas, he died before it could happen).

In short this CD contains choral mastery, brilliant playing from the orchestra, and some of the finest Berlioz conducting ever from the composer's greatest voice on North American continent.
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