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Lionel Bringuier & Nelson Freire Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Chopin: Piano Concerto no 2; Berlioz, Roussel, Ravel, Gluck [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2013-04-30

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Christoph W. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, piano transcription Giovanni Sgambati;...
Performers: Freire, Nelson
Conductors: Bringuier, Lionel
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

On this brilliant recording leading Chopin interpreter Nelson Freire delivers a deft, impeccable performance of Chopin's lyrical Second Piano Concerto. On the podium the young...continue...
Run Time: 95 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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Lionel Bringuier & Nelson Freire Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Chopin: Piano Concerto no 2; Berlioz, Roussel, Ravel, Gluck [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2013-04-30

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Christoph W. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, piano transcription Giovanni Sgambati;...
Performers: Freire, Nelson
Conductors: Bringuier, Lionel
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

On this brilliant recording leading Chopin interpreter Nelson Freire delivers a deft, impeccable performance of Chopin's lyrical Second Piano Concerto. On the podium the young...continue...
Run Time: 95 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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Berlioz: Overtures / Andrew Davis, Bergen PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2013-02-26

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Béatrice et Bénédict, Overture, H. 138; Les francs-juges, Op. 3, Overture; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture c...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Andrew Davis here perform seven dazzling orchestral overtures by Hector Berlioz, a composer who excelled in blending literary and...continue...
Recording information: Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway (06/11/2012-06/14/2012)....continue...

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Concert Overtures / Norrington, Cambreling

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-10-30

Works: Hector Berlioz: Waverley Overture, Op. 1; Les Francs-Juges, opera, H. 23a (fragments); King Lear Overture, Op. 4; Rob Roy Overture, H.54; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catac...
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain; Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: ; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden und Freiburg

This release features the most famous orchestral works by Berlioz in electrifying performances by Roger Norrington and Sylvain Cambreling. Hector Berlioz remains to this day...continue...

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique / Leonard Slatkin

1 CD / Naxos Blu-Ray / 2012-09-25

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: ; Orchestre National de Lyon

Immensely influential, the remarkable Symphonie fantastique was composed while Hector Berlioz was suffering an intense and unreciprocated passion for the Irish actress Harriet Smithson. Its...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France (08/31/2011-09/01/2011)....continue...

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique / Leonard Slatkin

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: ; Orchestre National De Lyon

Immensely influential, the remarkable Symphonie fantastique was composed while Hector Berlioz was suffering an intense and unreciprocated passion for the Irish actress Harriet Smithson. Its...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France (08/31/2011/09/01/2011)....continue...

Beecham conducts - Berlioz: Corsaire Overture; Grieg: Old Norwegian Romance; D'indy: Enchanted Forest; Saint-Saëns: Sym. 3

1 CD / SOMM / 2012-08-14

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Edvard Grieg: Old Norwegian Romance with Variations for 2 Pianos, Op. 51; Vincent d'Indy: La Forêt Enchantée, symphonic legend after Uhland for...
Performers: Gamley, Douglas; McCall, Tom; Vaughan, Denis
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

This long-awaited live performance, from the Royal Festival Hall in October 1954, joins SOMM's growing collection of unforgettable performances by a conductor who genuinely loved...continue...

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "Organ"; Dukas: L'Apprenti Sorcier / Levine

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-04-10

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"; Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra; Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, ...
Performers: Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Deutsche Grammophon presents First Choice, its new flagship mid-price series. The series features top artists - Claudio Abbado, the Emerson String Quartet, Helene Grimaud, Herber...continue...

Yuri Temirkanov at the BBC Proms: Berlioz & Tchaikovsky [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2012-03-27

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58; The Nutcracker; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36, no 9; Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Su...
Conductors: Temirkanov, Yuri
Ensemble: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Representing the first visit to the Proms by the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, this exhilarating and refreshing concert from 1992 sees the orchestra on top...continue...
Run Time: 72 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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Mercury Living Presence Collection [51 CDs]

51 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97; Romanian...
Performers: Bachauer, Gina; Belov, Rudolf; Fischer, Irwin; Glenecke, Thomas; Graham, Allan; Hood, Boyde [Trumpet]; Janis, Byron; Koves, Toni; London Symphony Orchestra; Menuhin, Yehudi; Metzenger, Edward; Miquel...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Hanson, Howard; Dorati, Antal; Fennell, Frederick; Paray, Paul; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; ; Menges, Herbert; Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Gnutov, Vitaly; Alessandro, ...
Ensemble: ; Battery B, 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery; Eastman Wind Ensemble

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S. that reproduced some of...continue...
Includes work(s) by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky....continue...

Spices: France, Italy, Spain - Your journey through classical music

3 CD / Analekta / 2012-01-31

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Paul Bazelaire: Suite Francaise; Maurice Ravel: A la manière; Henri Duparc: L'invitation au voyage; Jean Françaix: L'heure du berger; Quintette...
Performers: Bareil, Antoine; Baril, Louise-Andree; Bessette, Louise; Boucher, Remi; Dube, Raphael; Dubeau, Angele; Kay, Francine; Laplante, Andre; Lapointe, Jean Francois; Lefevre; Milot, Valerie [Harp]; Pierri,...
Conductors: Talmi, Yoav; ; Dessaints, Raymond; Turovsky, Yuli; Rescigno, Joseph; Maute, Matthias
Ensemble: ; Duo Campion-Vachon; Duo Similia; Ensemble Amati (Montreal); Ensemble Caprice; I Musici de Montréal; La Pietà (Orchestra)

Berlioz: Overtures - King Lear, Le Corsaire, Beatrice and Benedict / Gibson - Royal PO

1 CD / Royal Philharmonic Masterworks / 2011-10-11

Works: Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23, Overture; Les francs-juges, Op. 3, Overture; Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Béatrice et Bénédict, Overture, H. 138; Waverley Overture, O...
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Alexander Gibson was renowned for his work in Scotland, although he spent six years with Sadlers Wells Opera in the fifties, becoming its youngest...continue...

1956 Nixa-Westminster Stereo Recordings Vol. 2: Schumann, Berlioz / Boult

3 CD / First Hand / 2011-01-11

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38; Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120; Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenish"; Hector Berlioz...
Conductors: Boult, Adrian

This significant historical recording follows on from First Hand’s acclaimed first release this series. All the Schumann symphonies and the complete Berlioz overtures – some...continue...
Recording information: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London (08/21/1956-08/24/1956); Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London (08/28/1956/08/29/1956)....continue...

Musqiue Francaise / Michel Plasson [37 CD]

37 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-22

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéristique for orchestra, H.95 (Op. 9); Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Harold in Italy ...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Amyel, Arlette; Armengaud, Jean-Pierre; Barto, Tzimon; Bismuth, David; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Chesis, Linda; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Collardot, Timothee; Cottens, Jacques; Dewar...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

For 30 years Michel Plasson has recorded French music exclusively for EMI Classics. This exclusive box is truly unique as it covers all the masterpieces...continue...

Berlioz: Symonie Fantastique; Damnation de Faust

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2010-05-25

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéristique for orchestra,...
Performers: Crespin, Regine
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

Recording information: Victoria Hall, Geneva Switzerland....continue...

The Presiedent's Own United States Marine Band: Live in Concert

1 CD / Altissimo / 2008-02-19

Works: Gustav Holst: A Moorside Suite; Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite; Charles Ives: Postlude for Orchestra in F major; Tristan Keuris: Catena;...
Conductors: Foley, Timothy; Schuller, Gunther; Fennell, Frederick; Sinclair, James

The United States Marine Band has been part of the events that have shaped our national heritage for more than two centuries. This album, Live...continue...

Berlioz: Concert Overtures

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2007-09-17

Works: Hector Berlioz: Waverley Overture, Op. 1; Les francs-juges, Op. 3, Overture; King Lear Overture, Op. 4; Rob Roy Overture, H.54; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéris...
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain

Berlioz: Harold in Italy, Overtures / Munch, Primrose, BSO

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2007-06-26

Works: Hector Berlioz: Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 16; Béatrice et Bénédict, Overture, H. 138; Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23, Overture; Le car...
Performers: Primrose, William
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

"In the 1950s, Charles Munch was closely associated with the orchestral music of Hector Berlioz, and his masterful recordings with the Boston Symphony Orchestra of...continue...

Roger Norrington/ Stuttgart RSO / "The Romantics" / Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Hanssler Classic / 2007-06-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique"; Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

This invaluable DVD explores the creative and controversial interpretive choices of Roger Norrington through a series of interviews, rehearsal footage, documentaries, and live concert performances....continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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French Showpieces / James Ehnes, Yoav Talmi, Quebec SO

1 CD / Analekta / 2007-05-15

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra in E major, Op. 83; Havanaise, for violin & piano (or orchestra) in E major, Op. 83; Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Rê...
Performers: Ehnes, James [Violin]
Conductors: Talmi, Yoav
Ensemble: Quebec Symphony Orchestra

Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux - California 1941-52

13 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-03-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Consecration of the House, overture Op. 124; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84; Fidelio, overture, Op. 72c; Leo...
Performers: Blinder, Boris; Blinder, Naoum; Cherkassky, Shura; Cutner, Solomon; Kapell, William; Kraus, Lili [Piano]; Warenskjold, Dorothy
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Standard Symphony Orchestra

"Is this ever a generous sampling of Pierre Monteux and the San Francisco Symphony! Music and Arts' Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux collects broadcast performances...continue...

Berlioz: La Marseillaise, etc / Zinman, Baltimore SO

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-05-23

Works: Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Hymne des Marseillais, for...
Performers: Leech, Richard; McNair, Sylvia
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Chorus; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; St. David's Episcopal Church Choir

"If ever there were a piece made to order for Telarc...it is Berlioz's exorbitant arrangement of La Marseillaise. Sonically, this is one of Telarc's most...continue...

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, etc / Paray, Detroit SO

1 Super Audio CD / Philips / 2005-10-11

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Rákóczy March, for orchestra (Le damnation de Faust), H. 109; Trojan March (Les Troyens), H. 133b; Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Le carnav...
Conductors: Paray, Paul
Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Monet: Music Of His Time

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 1; Emmanuel Chabrier: Prélude Pastorale for orchestra; Edward Elgar: Imperial March, Op....
Performers: Healy, Michael; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]
Conductors: Talmi, Yoav; Bramall, Anthony; Hurst, George; Rahbari, Alexander

Berlioz: Le Corsaire, King Lear, Harold en Italie / Beecham

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; King Lear Overture, Op. 4; Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 16; Trojan March (Les Troyens), H. 133b
Performers: Riddle, Frederick
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"Le Corsaire" was used by Beecham to demonstrate the power of the RPO brass section which Beecham was inordinately proud of. This performance comes from...continue...

Great Performers of the Twentieth Century - John Barbirolli

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2000-07-25

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Edward Elgar: In the South (Alassio), Concert Overture, Op. 50; William Walton: Partita for Orchestra; Benjamin ...
Performers: Harper, Heather
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

"Glorious John" was not known in this country for his Mahler interpretation, but this 1967 concert of the Symphony No. 4, featuring soprano Heather Harper,...continue...

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, etc / Rafael Kubelik

1 CD / Orfeo / 1999-02-16

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Bavarian Symphony Orchestra

Berlioz: Overtures / Kenneth Jean, Polish State PO

1 CD / Amadis / 1997-06-20

Works: Hector Berlioz: Rákóczy March, for orchestra (Le damnation de Faust), H. 109; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéristique...
Conductors: Jean, Kenneth
Ensemble: Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra

Berlioz: Overtures / Yoav Talmi, San Diego Symphony

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1994-10-04

Works: Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Waverley Overture, Op. 1; Béatrice et Bénédict, opera, H. 138; King Lear Overture, Op. 4; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Over...
Performers: Green, Elizabeth; Sterling, Sheila
Conductors: Talmi, Yoav
Ensemble: San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Berlioz: Great Orchestral Works / Davis, London SO

2 CD / Philips / 1994-05-10

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéristique for orchestra, H.95 (Op. 9); Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Harold in Italy ...
Performers: Imai, Nobuko; Wick, Denis
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir

Seascapes

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-06-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Arnold Bax: Mediterranean, for piano; Tintagel, tone poem for orchestra; Frank Bridge: The Sea; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sea So...
Performers: Seascapes
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Thompson, Bryden; Handley, Vernon; Hurst, George

Berlioz: 5 Overtures / Gibson, Scottish National Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: Rob Roy Overture, H.54; King Lear Overture, Op. 4; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéristique for orchestra, H.95 (Op. 9); Béatrice et B&eacut...
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra