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Hector Berlioz
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Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) es, sin duda, el mejor escritor de entre los compositores de toda época (en palabras de Flaubert, "su estilo aplasta al de Balzac"). El ejercicio vocacional de la expresión escrita constituyó para él una prolongación de su espíritu creativo, de tal modo que necesitaba de la literatura para dotar de un sentido artístico completo a sus composiciones musicales, del mismo modo que, en sentido contrario, el contenido musical...
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The most influential work of its kind ever written, appraising the musical qualities and potential of over 60 commonly used stringed, wind and percussion instruments. With 150 illustrative full-score musical examples from works by Berlioz, Mozart, Beethoven, Gluck, Weber, Wagner, and others, and numerous smaller musical examples. Complete with Berlioz' chapters on the orchestra and on conducting. Translated by Theodore Front. Foreword by Richard Strauss....
15) Roman carnival overture: op. 9 ; Les Francs-juges overture : op. 3 ; Symphonie fantastique : op. 14
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Telarc
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p1991
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Français
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"The most dramatic piece that Berlioz ever wrote," is how conductor John Nelson describes La Damnation de Faust. The composer designated this thrilling hybrid of oratorio and opera a 'légende dramatique'. Following in the triumphant footsteps of Les Troyens, also recorded at the Auditorium Erasme in Strasbourg, this performance reunites Nelson and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg with singers Michael Spyres, Joyce DiDonato and Nicolas Courjal."--prestomusic.com....
