The Berlioz Experience: Symphonic, Choral, Vocal Works [Box Set]

The Berlioz Experience: Symphonic, Choral, Vocal Works [Box Set]

The Berlioz Experience: Symphonic, Choral, Vocal Works [Box Set]
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Performer: Thomas Allen
Composer: Hector Berlioz
Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
Conductor: James Levine
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Performer: Julia Hamari
Performer: Yvonne Minton
Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter
Orchestra: Bastille Opera Orchestra
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: European Community Youth Orchestra
Orchestra: Members of the Orchestre de Paris
Orchestra: Cleveland Orchestra
Performer: Martin Haselböck
Performer: Cord Garben
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Collector's Edition
CD Release Date: 2003-10-14
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Symphonie fantastique for orchestra ('Episode de la vie d'un Artiste...en cinq parties'), H.48 (Op. 14): II. Un bal
  2. Symphonie fantastique for orchestra ('Episode de la vie d'un Artiste...en cinq parties'), H.48 (Op. 14): IV. Marche au supplice
  3. Symphonie fantastique for orchestra ('Episode de la vie d'un Artiste...en cinq parties'), H.48 (Op. 14): V. Songe d'une nuit du Sabba
  4. Overture to 'Benvenuto Cellini' (Grande Ouverture de Benvenuto Cellini) for orchestra, H. 76b (Op. 23)
  5. Le Corsaire, overture for orchestra, H. 101 (Op. 21): Overture
  6. Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a: Act 4. Chasse Royale et Orage
Music CD 2
  1. Harold en Italie (Harold in Italy), symphony for viola & orchestra, H. 68 (Op. 16): I. Harold aux montagnes
Music CD 3
  1. Roméo et Juliette, for alto, tenor, bass, chorus & orchestra ('symphonie dramatique'), H.79 (Op. 17): 3rd Movement. Scène d'amour - O
  2. Roméo et Juliette, for alto, tenor, bass, chorus & orchestra ('symphonie dramatique'), H.79 (Op. 17): 4th Movement. La Reine Mab ou l
  3. Roméo et Juliette, for alto, tenor, bass, chorus & orchestra ('symphonie dramatique'), H.79 (Op. 17): 5th Movement. Convoi funèbre -
  4. Roméo et Juliette, for alto, tenor, bass, chorus & orchestra ('symphonie dramatique'), H.79 (Op. 17): 6th movement. Roméo au tombeau
Music CD 4
  1. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): No. 1. Requiem et Kyrie
  2. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): No. 2. Dies irae
  3. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): No. 3. Quid sum miser
  4. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): No. 4. Rex tremendae
  5. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): No. 5. Quaerens me
  6. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): No. 6. Lacrymosa
  7. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): No. 7. Offertorium
  8. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): No. 8. Hostias
Music CD 5
  1. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): No. 9. Sanctus
  2. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): No. 10. Agnus Dei
  3. Te Deum, for tenor, 3 choruses, brass bands, organ & orchestra, H. 118 (Op. 22): 1. Te Deum (Hymne)
  4. Te Deum, for tenor, 3 choruses, brass bands, organ & orchestra, H. 118 (Op. 22): 2. Tibi omnes (Hymne)
  5. Te Deum, for tenor, 3 choruses, brass bands, organ & orchestra, H. 118 (Op. 22): 4. Christe, rex gloriae (Hymne)
  6. Te Deum, for tenor, 3 choruses, brass bands, organ & orchestra, H. 118 (Op. 22): 6. Judex crederis (Hymne et prière)
  7. Hymne des Marseillais, for chorus & large orchestra (or piano; after Rouget de Lisle), H. 51
Music CD 6
  1. La Damnation de Faust, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, ('légende dramatique') H. 111 (Op. 24): Part 2
  2. La Damnation de Faust, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, ('légende dramatique') H. 111 (Op. 24): Part 2
  3. La Damnation de Faust, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, ('légende dramatique') H. 111 (Op. 24): Part 2
  4. La Damnation de Faust, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, ('légende dramatique') H. 111 (Op. 24): Part 2
Music CD 7
  1. Les Nuits d'été, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra), H. 81 (Op. 7): L'�le inconnue
Music CD 8
  1. Nocturne ('Je veux dans l'inconstance'), for 2 sopranos & guitar (arr. from unknown work), H. 31
  2. Le Maure jaloux ('je vais revoir'), for voice & piano, ('romance'), H. 9 (2 versions)
Music CD 9
  1. La Captive for voice & piano (or orchestra), H. 60 (Op. 12)
  2. Sara la baigneuse, for 2 voices & piano ('ballade'), H. 69 (Op. 11)
  3. Le Matin, song for mezzo-soprano or tenor & piano (Fleurs des landes), H. 125 (Op. 13/1)
  4. Le Chant des bretons, song for tenor (or male chorus) & piano (Fleurs des landes), H. 71 (Op. 13/5)
  5. Les Champs, for voice & piano (Feuillets d'album), H. 67 (Op. 19/2)
  6. La Belle Isabeau, song for voice & piano, ('conte pendant l'orange'; first version), H. 94
  7. Le Chasseur danois, for baritone & piano (or orchestra), H. 104

Music reviews of The Berlioz Experience: Symphonic, Choral, Vocal Works [Box Set]

Music Review: A tempting treasury, but only a few performances are great
Rating: 4 Stars

Ten discs of Berlioz is a sumptuous offering, and temptingly cheap at Amazon Marketplace. DG has used this occasion to repackage some outstanding performances. At the top of the list goes James Levine's electrifying Requiem from Berlin, with playing and singing to match the conductor's inspiration. Also exciting--perhaps surprisingly so--is Abbado's Te Deum, which has rawer edges and sharper focus than Colin Davis's on Philips, long the standard version.

Dropping down a notch in quality, we have an elegantly played Romeo et Juliette by the Boston Symphony, superbly recorded, that has few rivals for refined virtuosity. But after a while Seiji Ozawa's approach seems to lack depth and meaning; he's skating over the surface of the musical drama, however brilliantly. Sharp and brilliant also describes Myung-Whun Chung's contribution, a Symponie fantastique, two overtures, and the Royal Hunt and Storm from Les Troyens, all with his well-trained Bastille Opera orchestra. Chung is to the manner born in Berlioz, but so are greater conductors in these works, including Munch and Markevitch.

At about the same quality level I'd place the Mort de Cleopatre, a dullish early vocal scene sung with plushness by Jessye Norman, and Kiri Te Kanawa's Les Nuits d'Ete, which is ravishing in terms of sheer vocalism but otherwise vacant. Daniel Barenboim's slack conducting does the piece no favors, either, which holds true on a much larger scale for his Damnation of Faust. This is a typical Barenboim product, full of lush sounds, excellent singing, big-scale orchestral work, but leading to a meager artistic payoff. Barenboim's Faust isn't remotely competitive with Markevitch, Chung, Solti, Pretre, and others in this work. It's great to hear Domingo in the title role, but the conducting is so routine that I'm not sure the overall experience is worth it.

We get odds and ends of varying quality: the rarely recorded Tristia done superbly by Boulez, an uneven batch of songs that previously appeared in their own double-CD set (a chore to listen to in its entirety, despite the occasional gem), and a pedestrain Harold in Italy conducted by Lorin Maazel in Berlin, a performance that DG surely could have bettered by looking deeper into their vaults.

In all, I can't see investing in such an uneven collection except at super-budget price. If you do a little searching, all the best things here can be gotten separately, and the lesser recordings pale by comparison with classic Berlioz from Colin Davis, Charles Munch, and Igor Markevitch.
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