Berlioz

(Déjà Review) No enthusiast for Les Troyens should be without this set [JS]

(Déjà Review) Joyous music-making … just too tempting to resist [DM]

A routine Pictures coupled with a crude Symphonie Fantastique [NB]

An important survey of one of the great partnerships of the 20th century at its peak [DHa]

There’s something here even for those with an extensive collection of Munch’s recordings [JW]

79 CDs of Warner’s Boult stereo legacy offering the known and the overlooked alike [JW]

A cornucopia of patrician music-making that has rarely been rivalled [RMo]

(Déjà Review) A fresh approach to this remarkable symphony [JQ]

Not a library choice but there’s much to enjoy [JQ]

Finally, a Symphonie fantastique to rival the vintage versions in superb, vivid, beautifully balanced digital sound [RMo]

A competent, somewhat episodic account of no special distinction [RMo]

(Déjà Review) Made doubly tempting by Baker’s wonderful Cléopâtre [RH]

Mäkelä disappoints in French music [LD]

Beecham’s stereo discography in a sturdy box albeit largely in pre-existing remasterings [JW]

A Beecham stereo treasury from the 1950s in wonderful sound [LM]

A mix of popular and little-known works, which is a joy from beginning to end [MC]

by Len Mullenger

by Alan George

Two of the great Berlioz recordings available again [MBu]

Two contrasting, classic recordings from 1957 by a sadly short-lived conductor [RMo]

A reissued BBC broadcast, two rehearsal segments in improved sound and a never-before-released BBC interview [JW]

A considered, measured and ultimately satisfying account of the Symphonie fantastique from a legendary orchestra [PH]

A splendidly remastered and historically important tranche of piano recordings [JW]

A perfect picture of French pianism in the early part of the twentieth century [RCh]