Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique - Signum: SIGCD193 - CD or download

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there's a passionate restraint about Salonen's readings that is far more telling than many more overtly histrionic versions...clearly prioritising musical imperatives over mere pictorialism,... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 5th Apr 2010
Catalogue No: SIGCD193
Label: Signum
Series: Philharmonia Orchestra
Length: 66 minutes

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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

Work length52:13

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Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen

I. Rêveries – Passions: Largo, Allegro agitato

Track length13:55

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II. Un bal: Valse allego non troppo

Track length6:22

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III. Scene aux champs: Adagio

Track length16:59

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IV. Marche au supplice: Allegretto non troppo

Track length4:38

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V. Songe d'un nuit de Sabbat: Larghetto, Allegro, Ronde du Sabbat

Track length10:19

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Beethoven: Overture, Leonore No. 2

Work length14:38

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Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen

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The Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2nd disc with Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Esa-Pekka Salonen, shifts dramatically in tone from the first, exploring Berlioz’s evocative sonic dream Symphonie Fantastique, alongside Beethoven’s Leonore Overture. Since September 2008 Salonen has been Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra. In his first season in this role he devised and led City of Dreams, a nine-month exploration of the music and culture of Vienna between 1900 and 1935. The project, which presents the music of Mahler, Schoenberg, Zemlinsky and Berg in its social and historical context, has travelled to 18 cities across Europe, culminating in semi-staged performances of Berg’s Wozzeck, with Simon Keenlyside in the title role, in October 2009.

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June 2010

there's a passionate restraint about Salonen's readings that is far more telling than many more overtly histrionic versions...clearly prioritising musical imperatives over mere pictorialism, yet with no shortage of electricity in the air, either emotional or elemental.

November 2010

The Philharmonia gives its all in a performance that relishes the manic contrasts in Berlioz's groundbreaking score as well as emphasising its symphonic sweep - as witness the March to the Scaffold, with its galvanising sense of inevitability.

20th June 2010

In the symphony, Salonen gives the orchestra its head while balancing the textures meticulously...The mighty Leonore No 2 (the first composed) is an apt coupling...and it is played with immense force and eloquence.

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