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Berlioz for dummies.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869
Corporate Authors: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (Performer), New Philharmonia Orchestra (Performer), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Performer), Orchestre national de France (Performer), London Symphony Orchestra (Performer), EMI (Firm)
Other Authors: Frémaux, Louis (Performer), Baker, Janet, 1933- (Performer), Barbirolli, John, 1899-1970 (Conductor), Beecham, Thomas, 1879-1961 (Conductor), McInnes, Donald (Performer), Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 (Conductor), Previn, André, 1929-2019 (Conductor)
Format: CD Audio
Published: New York, NY : EMI, [1996]
Series:Classics for dummies.
Subjects:
Overtures.
Operas > Excerpts.
Marches (Orchestra)
Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra.
Symphonies (Viola with orchestra) > Excerpts.
Symphonies > Excerpts.
Music > Interactive multimedia.
Music appreciation > Music collections.
Table of Contents:
  • Roman carnival : overture, op. 9 (8:42) ; March from Les Troyens (5:27) (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Louis Frémaux, conductor)
  • Les nuits d'été : op. 7. Le spectre de la rose (Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Sir John Barbirolli, conductor) (7:54)
  • Benvenuto Cellini. Overture, op. 23 (CBSO; Frémaux) (9:43)
  • Dance of the sylphs : from La damnation de Faust (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor) (3:01)
  • Harold in Italy : op. 16. III., Allegro assai--Allegretto : Serenade of an Abruzzi highlander to his mistress (Donald McInnes, viola; Orchestre national de France; Leonard Bernstein, conductor) (6:51)
  • Symphonie fantastique : op. 14. Songe d'une nuit de sabbat (Orchestre national de France; Bernstein) (10:05)
  • Le corsaire : overture, op. 21 (London Symphony Orchestra; André Previn, conductor) (8:36).