Hector Berlioz Herbert von Karajan Lorin Maazel - Panorama Hector Berlioz (21 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Hector Berlioz, Herbert von Karajan, Lorin Maazel
Panorama: Hector Berlioz
Genres: Pop, Classical

Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
1. Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14: I Reveries - Passions - Berliner Philharmoniker
2. Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14: II A Ball - Berliner Philharmoniker
3. Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14: III Scene In The Country - Berliner Philharmoniker
4. Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14: IV March To The Scaffold - Berliner Philharmoniker
5. Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14: V Dream Of A Sabbath Night - Berliner Philharmoniker
6. Le Carnaval romain, Op. 9: Roman Carnival - Berliner Philharmoniker
7. La Damnation De Faust, Op. 24: Hungarian March - Boston Symphony Orchestra
8. La Damnation De Faust, Op. 24: Dance Of The Will-O-The-Wisps - Boston Symphony Orchestra
9. La Damnation De Faust, Op. 24: Dance Of The Sylphs - Boston Symphony Orchestra
Track Listings (12) - Disc #2
1. Reverie et caprice, Op. 8: Reverie And Caprice. Romance For Violin And Orchestra - Arthur Grumiaux - (Violin)
2. Les Nuits d'ete, Op. 7, Summer Nights: Villanelle. 'Quand viendra la saison nouvell' - Regine Crespin - (Soprano)
3. Les Nuits d'ete, Op. 7, Summer Nights: Le Spectre de la rose. 'Souleve ta pupiere close' - Regine Crespin - (Soprano)
4. Les Nuits d'ete, Op. 7, Summer Nights: Sur les lagunes (Lamento). 'Ma belle amie est morte' - Regine Crespin - (Soprano)
5. Les Nuits d'ete, Op. 7, Summer Nights: Absence. 'Reviens, reviens, ma bien-aimee - Regine Crespin - (Soprano)
6. Les Nuits d'ete, Op. 7, Summer Nights: Au cimetiere (Clair de lune). 'Connaissez-vouz la blanche tombe' - Regine Crespin - (Soprano)
7. Les Nuits d'ete, Op. 7, Summer Nights: L'lle inconnue. 'Dites, la jeune belle' - Regine Crespin - (Soprano)
8. La Damnation De Faust, Op. 24: 'Le vieil hiver a fait place au printemps' (Faust) - Stuart Burrows - (Faust)
9. La Damnation De Faust, Op. 24: 'Autrofois un roi de Thule' (Marguerite) - Edith Mathis - (Marguerite)
10. La Damnation De Faust, Op. 24: 'D'amour l'ardente flamme' (Marguerite) - Edith Mathis - (Marguerite)
11. La Damnation De Faust, Op. 24: 'Nature immense, impenetrable et fiere' (Faust) - Stuart Burrows - (Faust)
12. Requiem, Op. 5: IX. Sanctus - Luciano Pavarotti - (Tenor)

CD Details

All Artists: Hector Berlioz, Herbert von Karajan, Lorin Maazel, Seiji Ozawa, Edo de Waart, Ernest Ansermet, James Levine, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Régine Crespin, Luciano Pavarotti, Stuart Burrows, Edith Mathis
Title: Panorama: Hector Berlioz
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: 10/17/2000
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music, Historical Periods, Early Music, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Instruments, Strings, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 028946911822

CD Reviews

Big names but mostly indifferent performances

Santa Fe Listener | Santa Fe, NM USA | 11/24/2005

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I bought this 2-CD Panorama collection for the 1975 Karajan Symphonie Fantastique, which is supposedly his best stereo version. Certianly the first movement, though as far from France as one can get (Karajan seems to try to be the anti-Munch in his suave, almost bloodless virtuosity) is stunning as sheer execution. But Karajan loses interest quickly. After two listless movements, there is some spark in the final ride to the gallows and witches Sabbath, but by then the whole performance has collapsed from ennui.

Other big names follow to not much better effect. We get Maazel in a rushed, sober Roman Carnival Over., Ozawa in faceless but well played excerpts from the Damnation of Faust, and for enthusiasts of French diva Regine Crespin, an actually classic performance: Nuits d'Ete with Ansermet. Since the same performance can be had on a Decca CD devoted to Crespin, I think it can be skipped here. I actually don't like her way of swooping into notes and missing the intonation slightly, so overall there wasn't much here to attract me. Everything was worth a listen once, and for those who need a primer on Berlioz, this would be a good place to start before moving on to better recordings."

The best!

mjab | Gardena, California | 03/21/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Despite being an analog recording from the seventies, this one have the best Symphonie Fantastique I ever heard...at least for me. I had compared it with plenty of other versions and it is still my favorite. Sometimes you can consult experts from the Penguin Catalogue or Grammophone Magazine, but at the end it is your personal tastes and expectations what really counts. The sound is somewhat bright, a little bit harsh and strident specially on the first movement, but still you can feel the force from Karajan and the Berliner Philharmonic binomius, with powerfull percussion on the last two movements. It is a must have."