Sunday Times
`under Davis's loving direction, the spirit is wonderfully right...an interpretation of extraordinary tenderness'
'... the combination of Davis, his responsive orchestra, and the French composer whose works he has done so much to champion, is irresistible ... another benchmark recording from LSO Live'
'Davis worked his magic with Berlioz yet again ... Sir Colin assembled a fine cast of soloists ... choirs and orchestra sing and play superlatively'
*****
'... the combination of Davis, his responsive orchestra, and the French composer whose works he has done so much to champion, is irresistible ... another benchmark recording from LSO Live'
'Davis worked his magic with Berlioz yet again ... Sir Colin assembled a fine cast of soloists ... choirs and orchestra sing and play superlatively'
*****
Financial Times, 15 December 2007
Disc of the Year
New York Times, (USA)
CDs of the Year
CD Description
Described as a `sacred trilogy', Berlioz's oratorio L'enfance du Christ began as a short piece called Shepherds' Farewell. It tells the story of the birth of Jesus and the journey of the Holy Family as they escape Bethlehem and head across Egypt to the city of Saïs. Unlike many of the composer's more flamboyant works, it is an exquisite and gentle composition scored for relatively small forces.
