Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Été & Harold in Italy
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, Marc Minkowski
Minkowski gives [Harold] an energetic, crisp, emphatic reading. The sinewy sound of the Louvre players' period instruments, though, lends it a rougher, almost folkier texture, against which the... — More…
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BBC Music MagazineMarch 2012Orchestral Choice
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Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Op. 16
- Antoine Tamestit (viola)
- Musiciens du Louvre, Les
- Marc Minkowski
I. Adagio (Harold in the Mountains. Scenes of Melancholy, Happiness and Joy)
II. Allegretto (March of the Pilgrims Singing the Evening Prayer)
III. Allegro Assai (Serenade of an Abruzzi Mountain-Dweller to his Mistress)
IV. Allegro Frenetico (Orgy of Brigands. Memories of Scenes Past)
Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7
- Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
- Musiciens du Louvre, Les
- Marc Minkowski
No. 1. Villanelle
No. 2. Le Spectre de la rose
No. 3. Sur les lagunes
No. 4. Absence
No. 5. Au cimetiere
No. 6. L'Ile inconnue
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- Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
- Musiciens du Louvre, Les
- Marc Minkowski
La damnation de Faust, Op. 24, Part III: Autrefois un roi de Thule, "The King of Thule"