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Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts / Barry Banks, tenor; Sir Colin Davis, London SO

2 Super Audio CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2013-03-12

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Colin Davis is a revered Berlioz expert and his LSO Live Berlioz recordings have been among the most widely acclaimed classical recordings of recent...continue...
Personnel: Barry Banks (tenor).

Recording information: St Paul's Cathedral, London (06/25/2012-06/26/2012)....continue...

Berlioz: Requiem / Nicolai Gedda, tenor. Mitropoulos

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Chorus

ICA holds a veritable treasure trove of historical recordings, the Cologne Broadcasts especially honing in on a rich period of performance in Germany. This stellar...continue...
Recording information: Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne (08/26/1956)....continue...

Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts

2 CD / Signum UK / 2011-10-03

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Performers: Murray, Robert [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Ensemble Wroclaw; Gabrieli Players

The first in a new series of releases from the world-renowned conductor Paul McCreesh and his Gabrieli Consort. Called Winged Lion (the symbol of Venice...continue...
Recording information: Mary Magdalene Church, Wroclaw (09/13/2010-09/15/2010)....continue...

Berlioz: Requiem / Eliahu Inbal/Franckfurt Radio SO, Keith Lewis, tenor

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Performers: Lewis, Keith
Conductors: Inbal, Eliahu
Ensemble: Hamburg North German Radio Chorus

Composed in 1837, Berlioz's Requiem Mass is one of the composer's best-known works. Listen as the voices of tenor, Keith Lewis, the Chor des NDR...continue...
Recording information: Alte Oper Grankfurt (1988)....continue...

Berlioz: Requiem

4 CD / Classic / 2010-06-08

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Performers: Berlioz/Abravanel; Bressler, Charles
Conductors: Abravanel, Maurice

This disc features DVD audio in a DualDisc DAD and HDAD (DVD-A) format. From Vanguard comes one of the finest recorded performances of Berlioz's monumental...continue...
Recording information: Mormon Tabernacle....continue...

Ultimate Berlioz - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 16; Tristia, for chorus & Orchestra, Op. 18; Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. ...
Performers: Budin, Jeffrey; Davies, Ryland; Holt, Hazel; Imai, Nobuko; Smith, Peter; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Davis, Colin; Dutoit, Charles; Maazel, Lorin; Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Gemini - Berlioz: Requiem, Symphonie Fantastique / Previn, Tear, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-24

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts); Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Performers: Tear, Robert
Conductors: Previn, Andre
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Symphony Orchestra

Hector Berlioz: Requiem

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2009-02-10

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Performers: Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Munch, Charles

Berlioz: Requiem / Shafer, Jones, Shenandoah Choir, et al

2 CD / Gothic Records / 2009-01-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Performers: Jones, Byron
Conductors: Shafer, Robert
Ensemble: Shenandoah Conservatory Choir

"The virtues of this recording are immediately apparent. The large choral forces, numbering more than 200, add power and majesty to this most theatrical of...continue...

Berlioz: Grande messe des morts Op. 5 / Davis, Ikaia-Purdy, Dresden Staatskapelle, et al

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2008-11-25

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Performers: Ikaia-Purdy, Keith
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Dresden State Opera Chorus

Berlioz: Requiem Op. 5 "Grande messe des morts" / Davis, Dowd, London SO & Chorus, et al

2 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2008-07-29

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Performers: Dowd, Ronald
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Wandsworth School Boys Choir

Berlioz: Requiem / Colin Davis, Dowd, London SO

2 CD / Philips / 2007-03-13

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts); Symphonie funèbre et triomphale, for band, strings & chorus, Op. 15
Performers: Dowd, Ronald; Wicks, Dennis
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

"The large-scale brass sound is formidably caught and the choral fortissimos are glorious."-The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs...continue...

Berlioz: Requiem / Norrington, Spence, Stuttgart RSO, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Hanssler Classic / 2006-02-13

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Chorus

"... he [Norrington] maintains a melodic line that is both intense and expansive. The orchestral sound is actually leaner, coloring is blacker, and inner voices...continue...

Berlioz: Requiem, etc / Billy, Vienna Radio SO, et al

2 CD / Oehms / 2005-09-27

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts); La Mort de Cléopâtre, for soprano & orchestra, H.36; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéristique...
Performers: Sabbatini, Giuseppe; Urmana, Violeta
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand

Berlioz: Requiem / Munch, Simoneau, BSO

2 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2005-02-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Performers: Simoneau, Leopold [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

A monumental work for a huge chorus and orchestra, including four extra brass choirs, in a duly monumental recording by the greatest Berlioz orchestra and...continue...

Berlioz: Requiem / Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2004-08-24

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Performers: Lopardo, Frank
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"Spano's choral sound is wonderfully clear and beautifully balanced with the orchestra." - Althouse, ARG...continue...

Berlioz: Requiem / Spano, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Telarc / 2004-08-24

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Performers: Lopardo, Frank
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Berlioz: Requiem / Abravanel, Bressler, Utah SO, Utah Civic

2 Super Audio CD / Artemis / 2004-05-25

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts); Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"
Performers: Bressler, Charles
Conductors: Abravanel, Maurice
Ensemble: University of Utah Civic Chorale; Utah Symphony Orchestra

Classics - Berlioz: Requiem; Boïto, Verdi / Shaw, Atlanta

2 CD / Telarc / 2004-01-27

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts); Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giuseppe Verdi: Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Cheek, John
Conductors: Shaw, Robert

Great Performers of the Twentieth Century - Thomas Beecham

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts); Thomas Arne: God Save the Queen; Felix Mendelssohn: Overture for orchestra in F major ("Fair Melusina"), Op. 32; John Addison: Carte blanche, ...
Performers: Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir

Beecham's last concert at the Royal Albert Hall was a performance of Berlioz's Grande Messe des Morts. He retired permanently from the conducting platform soon...continue...

Berlioz: Requiem Op.5, Te Deum Op.22

2 CD / Philips Import / 2001-04-23

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts); Te Deum, Op. 22
Performers: Dowd, Ronald; Kynaston, Nicholas; Tagliavini, Franco
Conductors: Davis, Colin

Colin Davis's Berlioz cycle for Philips was a highly acclaimed, if not ambitious achievement forty years ago and many of his performances- including the Requiem...continue...

Berlioz: Requiem / Yuri Kochnev, Saratov Academic Theater

1 CD / Boheme / 2001-04-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Conductors: Kochnev, Yuri
Ensemble: Saratov Academic Theatre Choir

Berlioz: Requiem / Noel Edison, Michael Schade, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-06-18

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Performers: Schade, Michael
Conductors: Edison, Noel
Ensemble: Elora Festival Orchestra

When Hector Berlioz unleashes eight pairs of timpani, four brass groups, and an enormous chorus and orchestra, the picture of the Last Judgement Day is...continue...

Berlioz: Grande messe des morts Op 5 / Mitropoulos, Simoneau

1 CD / Orfeo / 1997-07-11

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Performers: Simoneau, Leopold [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Berlioz: Requiem / Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / RCA Records / 1994-11-08

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Performers: Cole, Vinson
Conductors: Oliver, John; Ozawa, Seiji
Ensemble: Tanglewood Festival Chorus