[ Deutsche Grammophon / 10 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Saturday 1 December 2018
10-CDs presenting Daniel Barenboim's complete Berlioz Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon available together for the first time in one edition
Includes recordings with Plácido Domingo, Yvonne Minton, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Kiri Te Kanawa, Jessye Norman
Released to mark the 150th anniversary of Berlioz death (March 8th, 1869)
Capbox / 20pp booklet (English/French/German) with new essay by Nigel Simeone
"The recording is admirable. The Orchestre de Paris, of which Mr. Barenboim is music director, is very much at home in the work, as is the orchestra's choir (Arthur Oldham, director), and their contributions are beautiful." New York Times [Berlioz Requiem]
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9
Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem)
Rouget de Lisle: La Marseillaise (arr. Berlioz)
Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17
with Francisco Araiza (tenor), Jules Bastin (bass), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano)
La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7
Reverie et Caprice, Op. 8
Cléopâtre - Scène lyrique, H36
Béatrice et Bénédict
with Yvonne Minton (Béatrice), Plácido Domingo (Bénédict), Ileana Cotrubas (Héro), Nadine Denize (Ursule), Roger Soyer (Claudio)