Berlioz, The Ultimate Mix Tape
Episode m0002hs1, broadcast at Friday 15th February 2019, 7:00pm.
“Berlioz. Curtain Up on this Special BBC Radio 3 Weekend with a selection of some of his top tunes that you can hear over the next couple of days on Radio 3. In true Romantic spirit he channelled his heroes, Lord Byron, Beethoven, Sir Walter Scott, Goethe and Shakespeare to go further, louder, longer, bigger and better.”
Track listing
- 0:14 – Symphonie Fantastique (Op.14) (1830, rev. 1831-45)
- Orchestra BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Composer Hector Berlioz
- Conductor Thierry Fischer
- 5:35 – Shepherd's Farewell (L' Enfance du Christ) (track 9-11, Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ)
- Orchestra Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Choir Radiokören
- Conductor Robin Ticciati
- Composer Hector Berlioz
- 9:35 – Romeo and Juliet, Op.17 Part 2: No.4 'Scherzo: Queen Mab'
- Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
- Composer Hector Berlioz
- Orchestra San Francisco Symphony
- Choir San Francisco Symphony Chorus
- 18:52 – Harold in Italy (Marche des pèlerins
- Conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Composer Hector Berlioz
- Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
- Performer David Aaron Carpenter
- 22:09 – Vous soupirez, madame... Nuit paisible et sereine (Béatrice et Bénédict)
- Composer Hector Berlioz
- Singer Christiane Eda‐Pierre
- Singer Helen Watts
- 25:36 – Marche hongroise [Rakoczy march] (La Damnation de Faust) (track , Berlioz: Harold en Italie: Pasquale, Ormandy)
- Composer Hector Berlioz
- Orchestra The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Conductor Charles Munch