Berlioz

Berlioz
Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts (Requiem). Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works, and conducted several concerts with more than 1,000 musicians. He also composed around 50 songs. His influence was critical for the further development of Romanticism, especially in composers like Richard Wagner, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Franz Liszt, Richard Strauss, and Gustav Mahler.
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Berlioz

Berlioz

Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts (Requiem). Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works, and conducted several concerts with more than 1,000 musicians. He also composed around 50 songs. His influen...
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BACH Violin Sonatas 1 & 2
BACH Concerto for Two Violins
HANDEL Violin Sonata No. 4
TARTINI Violin Sonata in G
TARTINI Violin Concerto in D minor
MOZART Violin Sonata No. 21
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4
short works by BACH, EXAUDET, TARTINI, VERACINI

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
WEBER Violin Sonata No. 3
PAGANINI Caprices
SCHUBERT Rondo

MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 3
Music by Berlioz, Hubay, Elgar, Kreisler, Dvořák, Chabrier, Rimsky-Korsakov, Falla

WARLOCK Capriol Suite
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto
BARTÓK Hungarian Folk Tunes
BARTÓK Romanian Folk Dances
IVES Violin Sonata No. 4
BLOCH Violin Concerto
music by Debussy, Ravel, Milhaud, Lie, Szymanowski, Scriabin, Stravinsky




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MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 3
Music by Berlioz, Hubay, Elgar, Kreisler, Dvořák, Chabrier, Rimsky-Korsakov, Falla

Studio recordings, 1926-1946
Total duration: 2hr 27:05

Joseph Szigeti, violin
Egon Petri, piano
Kurt Ruhrseitz, piano
Nikita Magaloff, piano
Constant Lambert ∙ Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham ∙ London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Hamilton Harty ∙ Hallé Orchestra 

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BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture 
CHERUBINI Der Wasserträger - Overture
SCHUMANN Manfred Overture 
MENDELSSOHN Die Hebriden Overture (Fingal's Cave)
WAGNER Faust Overture
BERLIOZ Benvenuto Cellini – Overture
Studio recordings, 1923-25
Total duration: 61:34
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
conductor Bruno Walter

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BERLIOZ  Roman Carnival Overture

WAGNER  Parsifal Act I Transformation Music
WAGNER  Siegfried Idyll
MOZART  Le Nozze di Figaro – Overture
MOZART 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
HANDEL  Concerto Grosso In B Minor
WEBER  Der Freischütz – Overture

Studio recordings, 1923-38

Total duration: 72:28

Bruno Walter, conductor
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Mozart Festival Orchestra
British Symphony Orchestra
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra

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    WEBER  Der Freischütz – Overture
    MENDELSSOHN 
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Nocturne
    BERLIOZ 
    The Damnation of Faust – Minuet of the Will-o’-the-Wisps
    WAGNER 
    Tristan und Isolde – Liebestod
    WAGNER  
    Die Meistersinger – Prelude to Act 3
    WAGNER  Götterdämmerung – Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
    WAGNER
     Siegfried Idyll
    R. STRAUSS 
    Death and Transfiguration

    Studio recordings, 1924-25

    Total duration: 76:51

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Bruno Walter, conductor