Berlioz / Orchestre National De Lyon: Romeo Et Juliette / Beatrice Et Benedict Overture

Berlioz / Orchestre National De Lyon: Romeo Et Juliette / Beatrice Et Benedict Overture - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Romeo Et Juliette / Beatrice Et Benedict Overture

Artist:

Berlioz / Orchestre National De Lyon

Label:

Naxos

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

747313344970

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2019-04-12

Number of Discs:

2

Additional Details:

2 PACK

Of all Berlioz's Shakespeare-inspired works, Romeo et Juliette is unquestionably his masterpiece. It is also cast in an innovative new form, a kind of 'super-symphony' that incorporates elements of symphony, opera and oratorio. Berlioz composed no singing roles for the central characters, but allowed others to comment or narrate, giving latitude to incarnate the lovers in a musical language of extraordinary delicacy and passion. The vivid 'Ball Scene' and 'Romeo at the Capulet tomb' are intensely dramatic but the heart of the work is the 'Love Scene,' a long symphonic poem which Richard Wagner called 'the melody of the 19th century.'

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