Symphonie Fantastique

Hector Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Charles Munch
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 2,20 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 1,14 GB | NO Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: RCA "Living Stereo" # 8287667899 2 | Country/Year: Europe 2006, 1954
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic

…His overwhelming natural affinity for French music made Charles Munch an ideal conductor for Berlioz’s swirling tour de force Symphonie Fantastique. Perfectly capturing the drama, romance & philosophical angst in which this masterpiece is marinated, Munch takes the Boston Symphony Orchestra on an epic journey of proportions only possible in the human heart & mind. A classic, reborn in vivid Living Stereo.

The San Francisco Symphony under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas performs one of the most astounding symphonies in the repertoire, the Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz. What presumption by this 26-year-old French composer, to think that he could write and produce (he personally hired the players) a massive five-movement symphony! Strange things happen when presumption is matched by genius: the young man created an enduring masterpiece that is still fresh and exciting today, nearly 200 years later…

Hector Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Charles Munch
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 2,20 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 1,14 GB | NO Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: RCA "Living Stereo" # 8287667899 2 | Country/Year: Europe 2006, 1954
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic

…His overwhelming natural affinity for French music made Charles Munch an ideal conductor for Berlioz’s swirling tour de force Symphonie Fantastique. Perfectly capturing the drama, romance & philosophical angst in which this masterpiece is marinated, Munch takes the Boston Symphony Orchestra on an epic journey of proportions only possible in the human heart & mind. A classic, reborn in vivid Living Stereo.

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique & Le Carnaval Romain
Anima Eterna - Jos van Immerseel
EAC+LOG+CUE | WV: 252 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info [Repacked]
Label/Cat#: Zig Zag # ZZT100101 | Country/Year: France 2009
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic

…Elsewhere the whole kit of an old-instrument Fantastique – pungent brass timbres, shrieking clarinets, scary “bells” (the pianos) and death-march timpani – makes its mark. For its combination of unique orchestral size and recording quality, and overall Werktreu-ness, this new performance sits easily alongside, maybe even slightly ahead of, the other authentic contenders.

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique - "Love Scene" from "Romeo et Juliette"
Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra - Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 272 MB | Full Artwork: 45 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Oehms Classics # OC 319 | Country/Year: Germany 2003
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic

“Stanislaw Skrowaczewski elicits remarkable ensemble qualities from the Saarbrücken Radio Symphony – both in the sharply drawn tutti and the subtle colours of the single instrumental groups.“ ~Rondo

What an intriguing idea to want to transcribe one of Berlioz’s work for four accordions! What an even more curious idea to want to transcribe the Symphonie Fantastique and bring into their squeeze boxes this astounding and radical masterpiece, true breakthrough in the history of orchestra thanks to the introduction of rarely used, despised, or even forgotten instruments, in a celebration of sounds, and a magical demonstration of Berlioz’s Treatise of Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration.