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Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

 

Description: Genre: Classical - Classical Instrumental / Import / Audio CD released 2003-04-08 at EMI / Disc #1 Tracklisting 1 I: Re ... more
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique ... Reveries - Passions-Dreams (Largo - Allegro Agitato E Appassionato Assai)
2 II: A Ball (Allegro Non Troppo)
3 III: Scene In The Country (Adagio)
4 IV: March To The Scaffold (Allegretto Non Troppo)
5 V: Dream Of A Witches' Sabbath (Larghetto - Allegro)
6 Overture - Le Corsaire, Op.21
7 Trojan March (Act 1)
8 Royal Hunt And Storm (Act 4)

Newest Review: ... this is all hopeless daydreaming. As the introduction winds to a close, a happier theme starts to hesitatingly rise from the ... more

 ... horns, flutes and strings. This in turn leads to the main part of the movement as two sharp bangs introduce the beloved’s theme in C major, which is a sweetly innocent and charmingly graceful melody again performed by the strings, with the basses swishing sharp, irregular accents underneath, like the artist’s irregular heartbeats upon gazing at his object of wonder. “By a strange anomaly, the beloved image never presents itself to the artist’s mind without being associated with a musical idea, in which he recognise...more

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Crowned Review Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique: The Psychedelic Adventures of a French Opium Eater (3756 words)
by berlioz II - written on 18/01/07 (Very useful, 736 readings)
Rating:

DREAMS – LONGING – THE FUTURE Charles Gounod once said ”with Berlioz, all impressions, all sensations – whether joyful or sad – are expressed in extremes to the point of delirium.” If anything, this perfectly describes the feelings expressed in Berlioz’s most famous composition, the Symphonie Fantastique, or as it is appropriately titled, ”An Episode in the Life of an Artist.” Berlioz, being ever the bohemian dreamer, was not one to succumb to feelings that were not carried with the fullest of convictions and thus he was more susceptible of falling foul on the authorities that deemed what was appropriate and what was stepping too far from the accepted norms. ...

 

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