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Berlioz - Damnation of Faust
 
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Berlioz - Damnation of Faust
~ Hector Berlioz (Composer), Igor Markevitch (Conductor), Lamoureux Orchestra (Orchestra), Brasseur Choir (Orchestra), French Radio Children's Choir (Orchestra), et al.
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  • Composer: Hector Berlioz
  • Conductor: Igor Markevitch
  • Performer: Heinz Kirchner
  • Orchestra: Lamoureux Orchestra, Brasseur Choir, French Radio Children's Choir, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Audio CD (3 Feb 2003)
  • SPARS Code: ADD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • ASIN: B00006L76O
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 207,295 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. La damnation de Faust, op. 24
2. Harold en Italie, op. 16
On this CD:
  1. La damnation de Faust
    Composed by Hector Berlioz
    Performed by Lamoureux Orchestra, Brasseur Choir, French Radio Children's Choir
    Conducted by Igor Markevitch

  2. Harold en Italie
    Composed by Hector Berlioz
    Performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
    with Heinz Kirchner
    Conducted by Igor Markevitch

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the truly great Berlioz recordings, 19 Jul 2003
By Richard Evans (Ferndown, Dorset United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
A great performance - passionate, tender, volatile and fabulously wild when needed. Whilst it might be stating the obvious given the performers, this performance is truly FRENCH (Markevitch was Russian, but he was also a French music specialist).

This makes a huge difference - the orchestral colour and vocal timbre are quite different - adding an extra dimension to make most other performances sound flat and dull.

The brashness of the recorded sound really doesn't detract. The big moments such as the famous Hungarian March sound quite overwhelming, and the soloists with the slight exception of Rubio are superb.

Like many classic recordings of the 50s and 60s, this has an intensity which 99% of modern recordings just don't seem to have - if you bought the overhyped LSO Live recording and wondered what all the fuss was about, sell it and spend the extra few quid on this one!

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