Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Daniele Gatti
Gatti’s reading is poised and energetic, lucid and detailed. Its unconventional emphasis on scene-painting over sweeping gesture yields some fascinating results in the opening movements…the...
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Daniele Gatti
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Gatti’s reading is poised and energetic, lucid and detailed. Its unconventional emphasis on scene-painting over sweeping gesture yields some fascinating results in the opening movements…the...
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With the release of this live recording of Hector Berlioz's 'Symphonie fantastique', RCO Live celebrates the start of its collaboration with Daniele Gatti as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's seventh chief conductor on 9 September 2016.
His unconventional take on this spectacular score evokes the astonishment audiences must have experienced at the time of the 1830 premiere. It is exactly this sense of surprise and freshness – founded on a thorough knowledge of the score – and the sheer joy of making music together, that prompted the members of the RCO to choose Daniele Gatti as their new chief conductor.
Contents and tracklist
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Daniele Gatti
- Recorded: 31 March, 1 and 3 April 2016
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Awards and reviews
January 2017
Gatti’s reading is poised and energetic, lucid and detailed. Its unconventional emphasis on scene-painting over sweeping gesture yields some fascinating results in the opening movements…the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s characteristic burnished sheen and the mellow restrained horns [is] spaciously captured by the SACD recording
16th September 2016
the string sound is silky, the brass glowing, the woodwind characterful
