Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique: Recorded 1957-1959

Release Date: 22nd Apr 2013
Catalogue No: SJB106566
Label: Barbirolli Society

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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: three pieces

Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

Berlioz: Menuet des Follets (from La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24)

rehearsal sequence
Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

Ravel: La Valse

Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye

Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

Debussy: La Mer

Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

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After a highly successful debut with the London Symphony Orchestra in December 1927, John Barbirolli became the youngest ever conductor to direct a Royal Philharmonic Society concert – he was 29. He chose Debussy’s La Mer, which had not been played in London for ten years. The orchestra needed more time on the unfamiliar score, so Barbirolli paid for an extra rehearsal out of his own pocket; the cost was almost as much as his fee for the whole concert.

Barbirolli continued to serve French music with care and devotion for the rest of his life. At his last concert with the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, in May 1970, he conducted Ravel’s Mother Goose suite. The Symphonie fantastique by Berlioz became a central work in Barbirolli’s repertoire. He conducted it at two important events in the Hallé’s history – the first concert given in the new Free Trade Hall, Manchester in 1951 and then two years later he conducted the work at the Hallé’s first ever Prom concert.

Barbirolli’s classic recording of Symphonie fantastique is now restored to the catalogue along side three pieces from Le Damnation de Faust. A bonus track includes a rehearsal sequence (Menuet des follets) from this recording session.

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

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