Building a Library, Berlioz (composer)
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Berlioz - Nuits d'été
RecommendedBrigitte Balleys (mezzo), Mireille Delunsch (soprano)
Orchestre des Champs Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe
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Building a Library, January 2014, First Choice
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Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25
RecommendedJean Rigby (mezzo soprano), Alastair Miles (bass), Gerald Finley (baritone), John Aler (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass), Peter Evans (tenor) & Robert Poulton (baritone)
Corydon Singers & Orchestra & St Paul's Cathedral Choristers, Matthew Best
The recording is surely the best available — More…
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Building a Library, December 2001, First Choice
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Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem)
RecommendedToby Spence (Tenor)
SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sir Roger Norrington
Norrington's approach is pensive, sober and funereal-but it's so well paced that the sense of inevitability underlines man's mortality, and the outbursts when they do come are more effective... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2006, SACD Choice
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Victoria de los Angeles
RecommendedVictoria de los Angeles, soprano (Manon) - Henri Legay, ténor (Chevalier des Grieux) - Michel Dens, baryton (Lescaut) - Jean Borthayre, basse (Comte des Grieux)
Choeurs et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique, Radcliffe Choral Society, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux,...
Recorded in mono in 1955, the set fell at a unique point in the opera's history on disc.
Previous recordings from the 78rpm era had captured the special Opéra-Comique spirit for posterity, but... — More…Awards:
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Building a Library, December 2000, Historic Choice
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Building a Library, March 2018, Also recommended
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José Carreras & Claudio Abbado - Frankfurt Concert 1992
RecommendedA Gala Concert Recorded Live from the Alte Oper Frankfurt
Jose Carreras (tenor), Martin Haselböck (organ), Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Toelzer Boys’ Choir
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
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Building a Library, February 2010, First Choice (DVD)
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Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette & Brahms: Symphony No. 2
RecommendedMargaret Roggero, Leslie Chabay, Kwei Sze
Radcliff Choral Society, Charles Munch
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Building A Library, February 2019, Recommended
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The Berlioz Experience
RecommendedSymphonic, Choral and Vocal Works
Julia Hamari, Yvonne Minton, Jessye Norman, Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Françoise Pollet, John Aler, Thomas Allen, Francisco Araiza, Plácido Domingo, Jean Dupouy, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Luciano Pavarotti, José van Dam, Wolfram Christ (viola), Itzhak Perlman
Claudio Abbado, Daniel...
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Building a Library, February 2018, Also Recommended
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