Showing posts with label Berlioz (Hector). Show all posts
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Sunday, 25 January 2026

Berlioz: La damnation de Faust - Jakob Lehmann

 


Hector BERLIOZ

(1803 - 1869)


La damnation de Faust

légende dramatique in 4 parts, op. 24 (Paris, 1846)

libretto: Hector Berlioz/Almire Gandonnière 

(after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)


Victoria Karkacheva, mezzo-soprano (Marguerite)

Petr Nekoranec, tenor (Faust)

Thomas Dolié, baritone (Brander)

Christian Van Horn, bass-baritone (Méphistophélès)


Maîtrise de Radio France

Chœur de Radio France

Les Siècles


DIR: JAKOB LEHMANN


recorded: Nov 15, 2025, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris


period instruments

lossless (flac)


(01) Première partie [15'47"]

(02) Deuxième partie [44'26"]

(03) Troisième partie [38'54"]

(04) Quatrième partie [32'58"]


picture: La damnation, probably by Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904)


links:

La damnation de Faust

libretto

score

Victoria Karkacheva

Petr Nekoranec

Thomas Dolié

Christian Van Horn

Maîtrise de Radio France

Choeur de Radio France

Les Siècles


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Sunday, 4 January 2026

Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ - Paul McCreesh

 


Hector BERLIOZ

(1803 - 1869)


L'enfance du Christ

oratorio in 3 parts, op. 25 (Paris, 1854)

libretto: Hector Berlioz


Frances Gregory (La vierge Marie), mezzo-soprano

Thomas Walker (Le Récitant), tenor

Paweł Zdebski (Centurion), tenor

Neal Davies (Hérode), bass-baritone

Ashley Riches (Joseph), bass-baritone

Florian Störtz (Le père de famille), bass-baritone

Michał Pytlewski (Polydorus), bass


NFM Choir

Wrocław Philharmonic


DIR: PAUL McCREESH


recorded: Dec 20, 2024, National Forum of Music, Wrocław


modern instruments, period style

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libretto (F/E) included [pdf]


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(01) Part 1 [42'40"]

(02) Part 2 [15'45"]

(03) Part 3 [39'53"]


Picture: Flight of the Holy Family into Egypt (Edward Long, 1883)


links: 

L'enfance du Christ

score

Frances Gregory

Thomas Walker

Paweł Zdebski

Neal Davies

Ashley Riches

Florian Störtz

NFM Choir

Wrocław Philharmonic


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Thursday, 5 September 2024

Rossini & Berlioz/Liszt: Piano works - Alexander Melnikov

 


Rossini & Berlioz/Liszt


Works for pianoforte


Alexander Melnikov, fortepiano

[Érard, 1849]


recorded: August 19, 2021, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw

[Festival Chopin and his Europe 2021]


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Frédéric CHOPIN (1810-1849)

(01) Fugue in a minor, op. posth. (B 144) [03'46"]


Giacchino ROSSINI (1792-1868)

Péchés de vieillesse:

(02) Petit caprice (Style Offenbach) [02'56"]

(03) L'innocence italienne - La candeur française [06'43"]

(04) Prélude inoffensif [07'54"]

(05) Une caresse à ma femme [03'35"]

(06) Un petit train de plaisir - Comique imitatif [11'08"]


Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869), arr Franz LISZT (1811-1886)

Symphonie fantastique, op. 14, arr for pianoforte (A16) [53'32"]

(07) Rêveries - Passions. largo - allegro agitato e appassionato assai - 

religiosamente [14'43"]

(08) Un bal. Valse. allegro non troppo [06'30"]

(09) Scène aux champs. adagio [12'33"]

(10) Marche au supplice. allegretto non troppo [06'59"]

(11) Songe d'une nuit de sabbat. larghetto - allegro [12'46"]


Picture: Matinee at Liszt's home (with Berlioz, Czerny and violinist Ernst)


links:

Chopin, Fugue in a minor - score

Rossini, Péchés de vieillesse - score

Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique

Liszt, score arrangement

Alexander Melnikov


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Tuesday, 28 May 2024

Paris and the Romantics - Le Cercle de l'Harmonie (Jérémie Rhorer)

 


Paris and the Romantics


Le Cercle de l'Harmonie


Julien Chauvin, violin

Bertrand Chamayou, fortepiano

[Érard, 1837]


DIR.: JÉRÉMIE RHORER


rec: Sept 4, 2011, Die Glocke, Bremen

[Musikfest Bremen 2011]


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George ONSLOW (1784-1853)

(01) Overture Le Colporteur [07'57"]


Franz LISZT (1811-1886)

Concerto for pianoforte No 1 in E flat (S 124) [18'11"]

(02) allegro maestoso. tempo giusto [05'15"]

(03) quasi adagio [04'24"]

(04) allegretto vivace - allegro animato - allegro marziale animato [08'32"]


[encore]

Franz LISZT

(05) Meine Freuden (after Chopin) (S 480,5) [04'08"]


Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869)

(06) Rêverie et Caprice in f sharp minor, op. 8 (H 88) [09'08"]

[Julien Chauvin, violin]


Napoléon Henri REBER (1807-1880)

Symphony No 4 in G, op. 33 [28'59"]

(07) allegro [08'54"]

(08) andantino sostenuto [10'04"]

(09) scherzo. allegro [03'52"]

(10) final. allegro [06'08"]


links:

George Onslow

Liszt, Piano concerto No. 1 - score

Berlioz, Rêverie et caprice - score

Napoléon Henri Reber - score

Julien Chauvin

Bertrand Chamayou

Le Cercle de l'Harmonie


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Sunday, 7 January 2024

Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ - John Eliot Gardiner

 


Hector BERLIOZ

(1803 - 1869)


L'enfance du Christ

oratorio in 3 parts, op. 25 (Paris, 1854)

libretto: Hector Berlioz


Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano (La vierge Marie)

Michael Spyres, tenor (Le récitant)

Gareth Treseder, tenor (Centurion)

Lionel Lhote, baritone (Joseph)

Alex Ashworth, bass (Le père de famille, Polydorus)

William Thomas, bass (Hérode)


Monteverdi Choir

Trinity Boys Choir

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique


DIR.: JOHN ELIOT GARDINER


recorded: Dec 11, 2021, St Marin-in-the-Fields, London


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(01) Part 1: Le songe d'Hérode [41'46"]


(02) Part 2: La fuite en Égypte [16'06"]


(03) Part 3: L'arrivée à Saïs [39'55"]


links:

L'enfance du Christ

score

Ann Hallenberg

Michael Spyres

Gareth Treseder

Lionel Lhote

Alex Ashworth

William Thomas

Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

Trinity Boys Choir


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Tuesday, 28 November 2023

Chopin & Berlioz - Nikolai Demidenko & Roger Norrington

 


Frédéric CHOPIN

&

Hector BERLIOZ


Orchestral works


Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment


Nikolai Demidenko, fortepiano

[Pleyel, 1843]


DIR.: ROGER NORRINGTON


recorded: August 30, 2013, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels

[Klara Festival 2013]


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Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

(01) Overture Egmont, op. 84 [08'58"]


Frédéric CHOPIN (1810-1849)

Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra No. 1 in e minor, op. 11 (B 47) [41'34"]

(02) allegro maestoso [20'51"]

(03) romance. larghetto [09'40"]

(04) rondo. vivace [11'02"]


Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869)

Symphonie fantastique, op. 14 [58'14"]

(05) Rêveries - Passions [15'16"]

(06) Un bal [06'43"]

(07) Scène aux champs [16'05"]

(08) Marche au supplice [08'07"]

(09) Songe d'une nuit de sabbat [12'02"]


links:

Beethoven, Egmont - score

Chopin, Piano Concerto op. 11 - score

Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique - score

Nikolai Demidenko

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment


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Tuesday, 17 October 2023

Berlioz: Les Troyens - Dinis Sousa

 


Hector BERLIOZ

(1803 - 1869)


Les Troyens

opera in 5 acts (Paris, 1863)

libretto: Hector Berlioz (after Virgil, Aeneid)


Adèle Charvet, soprano (Ascagne)

Rebecca Evans, soprano (Hécube)

Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano (Cassandre)

Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano (Didon)

Beth Taylor, contralto (Anna)

Laurence Kilsby, tenor (Hylas, Iopas)

Graham Neal, tenor (Helenus)

Michael Spyres, tenor (Énée)

Sam Evans, baritone (Un Soldat)

Lionel Lhote, baritone (Chorèbe)

Ashley Riches, bass-baritone (Panthée)

Alex Rosen, bass (Hector, Narbal, Sentinelle II)


The Monteverdi Choir

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique


DIR.: DINIS SOUSA


recorded: Sept 3, 2023, Royal Albert Hall, London

[BBC Proms 2023]


period instruments

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(01) act 1 [59'42"]

(02) act 2 [24'01"]

(03) act 3 [46'27"]

(04) act 4 [53'14"]

(05) act 5 [51'33"]


links:

Les Troyens

score & libretto

Adèle Charvet

Rebecca Evans

Alice Coote

Paula Murrihy

Beth Taylor

Laurence Kilsby

Graham Neal

Michael Spyres

Sam Evans

Lionel Lhote

Ashley Riches

Alex Rosen

Monteverdi Choir

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique


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Tuesday, 27 June 2023

Berlioz: Te Deum - François-Xavier Roth

 


Hector BERLIOZ

(1803 - 1869)


Te Deum op. 22 (H 118)


Jean-François Borras, tenor


Singapore Symphony Children's Choir

Choeur d'enfants de Seine-Saint-Denis et Paris

Maîtrise de Radio France

Choeur de la Philharmonie du COGE

Ensemble vocal Stella Maris

Ensemble vocal OTrente

Les Cris de Paris

Jeune orchestre européen Hector-Berlioz

Les Siècles

Daniel Roth, organ


DIR.: FRANÇOIS-XAVIER ROTH


recorded: June 20, 2015, Philharmonie, Paris


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(01) Te Deum [07'34"]

(02) Tibi omnes [10'02"]

(03) Dignare [07'50"]

(04) Prelude [04'15"]

(05) Christe, Rex gloriae [04'45"]

(06) Te ergo quaesumus [07'09"]

(07) Judex crederis [10'19"]


links:

Te Deum - score

Jean-François Borras

Singapore Symphony Children's Choir

Maîtrise de Radio France

Choeur de la Philharmonie du COGE

Ensemble vocal Stella Maris

Ensemble vocal OTrente

Les Cris de Paris

Jeune orchestre européen Hector-Berlioz

Les Siècles

Daniel Roth


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Tuesday, 31 January 2023

Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette - John Eliot Gardiner

 


Hector BERLIOZ

(1803 - 1869)


Roméo et Juliette

symphonie dramatique op. 17


Julie Boulianne, mezz-soprano

Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, tenor

Laurent Naouri, bass


Monteverdi Choir

National Youth Choir of Scotland

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique


DIR.: JOHN ELIOT GARDINER


recorded: July 30, 2016, Royal Albert Hall, London

[Proms 2016]


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(01) [No. 1] [18'57"]

Introduction. Combats - Tumulte - Intervention du Prince

Prologues

Strophes

Scherzetto


(02) [No. 2] [12'53"]

Roméo seul - Tristesse - Bruits lointains de bal et de concert - Grande fête chez Capulet


(03) [No. 3] [20'07"]

Nuit sereine - Le Jardin de Capulet, silencieux et désert

Scène d'amour


(04) [No. 4] [07'31"]

La Reine Mab, ou la Fée des Songes. scherzo


(05) [No. 5] [14'53"]

Convoi funèbre de Juliette


(06) [No. 6] [08'08"]

Roméo au tombeau des Capulet

Invocation


(07) [No. 7] [18'55"]

Finale

Air

Serment


links:

Berlioz, Roméo et Juliette

score

libretto - translation (E)

Julie Boulianne

Jean-Paul Fouchécourt

Laurent Naouri

Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

National Youth Choir of Scotland


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Thursday, 24 February 2022

Beethoven, Berlioz & Fauré - Anne-Sofie von Otter & Marc Minkowski

 


Beethoven, Berlioz & Fauré


Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment


Anne-Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano


DIR.: MARC MINKOWSKI


recorded: Oct 1, 2005, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam


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Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924)

Pelléas et Mélisande, op. 80 [19'24"]

(01) Prélude [05'54"]

(02) Fileuse [02'38"]

(03) Mélisande's Song: 

The king's three blind daughters, op. posth. (Acte 3, sc 1) [03'00"]

(04) Sicilienne [03'14"]

(05) Molto adagio [04'59"]


Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869)

Les nuits d'été, op. 7 [30'54"]

(06) Villanelle [02'04"]

(07) Le spectre de la rose [07'10"]

(08) Sur les lagunes. lamento [06'35"]

(09) Absence [05'47"]

(10) Au cimetière. clair de lune [04'56"]

(11) L'île inconnue [04'22"]


Ludwig VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Symphony No 4 in B flat, op. 60 [31'35"]

(12) adagio - allegro vivace [11'07"]

(13) adagio [08'12"]

(14) allegro vivace [05'28"]

(15) allegro ma non troppo [06'47"]


links:

Fauré, Pelléas et Mélisande - score

Berlioz, Les nuits d'été - score

Beethoven, Symphony No. 4 - score

Anne-Sofie von Otter

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment


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Wednesday, 29 December 2021

Schubert & Berlioz - Freiburger Barockorchester (Pablo Heras-Casado)

 


Franz SCHUBERT & Hector BERLIOZ


Freiburger Barockorchester


Marianne Crebassa, mezzo-soprano


DIR.: PABLO HERAS-CASADO


rec: Nov 25, 2021, Konzerthaus, Freiburg


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Franz Peter SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Symphony No. 8 in b minor 'Unvollendete' (D 759) [25'56"]

(01) allegro moderato [14'29"]

(02) andante con moto [11'27"]


Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869)

(03) Les nuits d'été op. 7 [30'10"]


Franz Peter SCHUBERT

Symphony No. 5 in B flat (D 485) [27'44"]

(04) allegro [06'47"]

(05) andante con moto [08'42"]

(06) menuetto - trio. allegro molto [04'15"]

(07) allegro vivace [08'00"]


links:

Schubert, Symphony No. 8 - score

Schubert, Symphony No. 5 - score

Berlioz, Les nuits d'été - score

Marianne Crebassa

Freiburger Barockorchester


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Wednesday, 8 July 2020

Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust - François-Xavier Roth




Hector BERLIOZ
(1803 - 1869)


La Damnation de Faust op. 24


Anna Caterina Antonacci, soprano (Marguerite)
Bryan Register, tenor (Faust)
Thibault de Damas d'Anlezy, bass (Brander)
Kyle Ketelsen, bass (Mephistophélès)

Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno
Les Siècles

DIR.: FRANÇOIS-XAVIER ROTH


recorded: Sept 22, 2018, World Conference Center, Bonn
[Beethovenfest Bonn 2018]


period instruments
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source: WDR 3 (Cologne) (digital radio)
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(01) Première partie [15'27"]

(02) Deuxième partie [42'38"]

(03) Troisième partie [36'24"]

(04) Quatrième partie [31'50"]


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Wednesday, 11 December 2019

Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict - Emmanuel Krivine






Hector BERLIOZ
(1803 - 1869)


Béatrice et Bénédict
opéra comique in 2 acts


Ailish Tynan, soprano (Héro)
Christine Rice, mezzo-soprano (Béatrice)
Élodie Méchain, contralto (Ursule)
Allan Clayton, tenor (Bénédict)
Edwin Crossley-Mercer, bass-baritone (Claudio)
Jérôme Varnier, bass (Don Pedro)
Michel Trempont, bass (Somarone)
Giovanni Calò (Leonato) [spoken]
David Lefort (Le Messager) [spoken]

Les Eléments
La Chambre Philharmonique

DIR.: EMMANUEL KRIVINE


rec: Feb/March 2010, Paris, Opéra comique


period instruments
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source: Mezzo TV
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(01) act 1 [62'38"]

 (02) act 2 [39'15"]



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Wednesday, 4 September 2019

Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini - John Eliot Gardiner






Hector BERLIOZ
(1803 - 1869)


Benvenuto Cellini
opera in 2 acts (1838)
libretto: Léon de Wally, Henri Auguste Barbier



Sophia Burgos, soprano (Teresa)
Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano (Ascanio)
Vincent Delhoume, tenor (Francesco)
Michael Spyres, tenor (Benvenuto Cellini)
Lionel Lhote, baritone (Fieramosca)
Maurizio Muraro, baritone (Balducci)
Tareq Nazmi, bass (Le Pape Clément VII)
Ashley Riches, bass (Bernardino)

   Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

DIR.: JOHN ELIOT GARDINER


recorded: Sept 2, 2019, Royal Albert Hall, London
[Proms 2019]


period instruments
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source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio)


act 1

(01) tableau 1 [45'13"]
(02) tableau 2 [46'11"]

act 2

(03) tableau 1 [38'05"]
(04) tableau 2 [41'56"]


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Saturday, 20 July 2019

Martini & Berlioz: Masses - Hervé Niquet






Jean Paul Egide MARTINI
&
Hector BERLIOZ

Masses


Adriana Gonzalez, soprano
Sébastien Droy, tenor
Mikhail Timoshenko, bass-baritone

Le Concert Spirituel

DIR.: HERVÉ NIQUET


recorded: July 17, 2019, Opéra Berlioz/Le Corum, Montpellier
[Le Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier 2019]


period instruments
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source: NPO4 (NL) (digital radio)


Jean Paul Egide MARTINI (1741-1816)

(01) Messe de Requiem pour la Pompe funèbre de Louis XVI et de Marie Antoinette [40'31"]


   Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869)

(02) Messe Solennelle [50'33"]


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Sunday, 3 March 2019

Berlioz double bill - John Eliot Gardiner






Hector BERLIOZ
(1803 - 1869)

† March 8, 1869

At the occasion of the anniversary of Berlioz's death here are two concerts under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner. The vocal items are the same, but performed by different singers. I have uploaded both concerts separately. It allows you to download both of them or choose the performance you prefer.


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Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano (02-04)
Antoine Tamestit, viola (05-08)

DIR.: JOHN ELIOT GARDINER


rec: Sept 5, 2018, Royal Albert Hall, London
[Proms 2018]


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source: NPO 4 (digital radio)
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(01) Overture Le corsaire op. 21 [07'58"]


 (02) La mort de Cléopâtre, scène lyrique [20'42"]
    (Scène lyrique; Méditation)


 Les Troyens:

(03) Chasse royale et Orage [09'49"]
(04) Ah! Je vais mourir [07'11"]


Harold en Italie op. 16

(05) Harold au montagnes. adagio - allegro [14'54"]
(06) Marche des Pèlerins. allegretto [08'00"]
(07) Sérénade. allegro assai - allegretto [06'09"]
(08) Orgie des brigands. allegro frenetico - adagio - allegro - tempo I [12'10"]



II

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

Lucile Richardot, mezzo-soprano (02-04)

DIR.: JOHN ELIOT GARDINER


rec: Oct 20, 2018, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam


period instruments
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(01) Overture Le corsaire op. 21 [07'55"]


(02) La mort de Cléopâtre, scène lyrique [21'17"]
    (Scène lyrique; Méditation)


 Les Troyens:

(03) Chasse royale et Orage [10'16"]
(04) Ah! Je vais mourir [07'17"]


Symphonie fantastique op. 14

(05) Rêveries - Passions [14'04"]
(06) Un bal [05'55"]
(07) Scène aux champs [15'47"]
(08) Marche au supplice [06'27"]
(09) Songe d'une nuit de sabbat [09'50"]



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