Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) - Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Tristia, Op. 18 (1997)
Cover Front Album
Composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Conductor Pierre Boulez
Orchestra / Ensemble I The Cleveland Orchestra
Length 71:39
Format CD
Genre Orchestral; Symphony
Chorus I Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
Chorus Master Gareth Morrell
Index 111
Out of Print No
Credits
Producer Helmut Burk
Label Deutsche Grammophon
Track List
01 Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: I. Rêveries - Passions (Largo. Allegro agitato e appasionato assai) 13:58
02 Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: II. Un Bal (Valse. Allegro non troppo) 06:10
03 Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: III. Scène aux champs (Adagio) 15:23
04 Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: IV. Marche au supplice (Alegretto non troppo) 07:03
05 Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: V. Songe d'une nuit du Sabbat (Larghetto. Allegro. Dies Irae. Ronde du Sabbat. Ronde du Sabbat ensemble) 10:04
06 Tristia, Op. 18: I. Méditation religieuse: "Ce monde entier" 04:34
07 Tristia, Op. 18: II. La Mort d'Ophélie "Auprès d'un torrent" 06:33
08 Tristia, Op. 18: III. Marche funèbre pour la dernière scène d' "Hamlet" 07:54
Personal
Purchase Date 11/20/1997
Value $16.00
Store BMG
Condition 100%
Librettist Louise Belloc; Ernest Legouve
Nationality French
Premiere Paris Conservetoire, December 5, 1830
Language French
Period Romantic
Details
Studio Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland
Catalog Number 453 432-2
Live No
Recording Date 3/1/1996
Spars DDD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
Tristia, Op. 18 written between 1831 and 1848 and based on a translation of a poem by Thomas Moore, and originally for a choir and seven winds. It was orchestrated in 1848. "La mort d' Ophelie" and "Marche funebre pour la derniere scene d'Hamlet" based on Shakespeare.

Notes, text and translation

Essay: "The Inventiveness of Genius" by Alain Paris
Interview: "Piere Boulez and the Music of Berlioz"