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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Awards:
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Building a Library, October 2011, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2001, Editor's Choice
Davis is always lithe and nuanced, somehow eliciting a diaphonous glow even in the forceful moments and charming the ear
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
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Awards:
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Building a Library, October 2011, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2001, Editor's Choice
Davis is always lithe and nuanced, somehow eliciting a diaphonous glow even in the forceful moments and charming the ear
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Contents and tracklist
Work length57:14
This work is only available as an album download.
I. Rêveries - Passions
Track length15:50
This track is only available as an album download.
III. Scène aux champs
Track length17:16
This track is only available as an album download.
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Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineMay 2001Editor's Choice
Davis is always lithe and nuanced, somehow eliciting a diaphonous glow even in the forceful moments and charming the ear
20th November 2002
Maybe you think you don't need Sir Colin's latest thoughts on Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique? It's his fourth recording after all, but this has all the electricity of a live occasion, with Davis's extraordinary instinct, and the orchestra hanging on his every gesture.
the music bristles with the excitement of a first encounter, yet one enriched by long experience
