Berlioz / Cooke / Malbourne Symphony Orchestra: L'enfance Du Christ 25 - SUPER-AUDIO CD

Berlioz / Cooke / Malbourne Symphony Orchestra: L'enfance Du Christ 25 - SUPER-AUDIO CD

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Title:

L'enfance Du Christ 25

Artist:

Berlioz / Cooke / Malbourne Symphony Orchestra

Label:

Chandos

Product Type:

SUPER-AUDIO CD

UPC:

095115522820

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2019-03-15

Number of Discs:

2

Additional Details:

HYBRID SACD, 2 PACK

Berlioz wrote his own text for L'Enfance du Christ, which he composed in 1853 and 1854. It was first performed at the Salle Herz, Paris on 10 December 1854, with Berlioz conducting. He described the work as a Trilogie sacrée. The first of it's three sections depicts King Herod ordering the massacre of all newborn children in Judaea; the second shows Mary, Joseph, and Jesus setting out for Egypt to avoid the slaughter, having been warned by angels; and the final section portrays their arrival in the Egyptian town of Saïs where they are given refuge by a family of Ishmaelites. Berlioz was not religious as an adult but remained all his life susceptible to the beauty of the religious music that had enraptured him as a child. Sir Andrew Davis conducts the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and MSO Chorus and an outstanding team of soloists in this Surround Sound SACD recording.

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