Complete Orchestral Works
Title: Complete Orchestral Works
Otros títulos: Sämtliche Orchesterwerke
L'œuvre pour orchestre
Intérprete/ Colaborador: Hector Berlioz; Patricia Kern; Robert Tear; John Shirley-Quirk; John Alldis Choir; London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus; Sir Colin Davis
Código CDU: Berl.04
Forma Musical: Symphonies
Abstract: Berlioz, the passionate, ardent, irrepressible genius of French Romanticism, left a rich and original oeuvre which exerted a profound influence on nineteenth century music. Berlioz developed a profound affinity toward music and literature as a child. Sent to Paris at 17 to study medicine, he was enchanted by Gluck's operas, firmly deciding to become a composer. With his father's reluctant consent, Berlioz entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1826. His originality was already apparent and disconcerting—a competition cantata, Cléopâtre (1829), looms as his first sustained masterpiece—and he won the Prix de Rome in 1830 amid the turmoil of the July Revolution. Meanwhile, a performance of Hamlet in September 1827, with Harriet Smithson as Ophelia, provoked an overwhelming but unrequited passion, whose aftermath may be heard in the Symphonie fantastique (1830). Returning from Rome, Berlioz organized a concert in 1832, featuring his symphony. Harriet Smithson was in the audience. They were ...
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