Berlioz
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (RCA)
(Déjà Review) If you don’t have a favorite recording already, this is a disc that you should consider [PG]
The Paris Opera 1900-1960 (Malibran Music)
Ten very well-filled discs documenting six glorious decades at the Paris Opera [RMo]
Roger Norrington (conductor) Sacred Music (SWR Classic)
Choral masterpieces of the 19th century, in stirring performances [RWe]
Fatma Said (soprano) (Warner Classics)
A ravishing debut album that heralds a great future for this artist [MP]
Berlioz: Les Troyens (LSO Live)
(Déjà Review) The finest opera CD I have heard this year [MB]
Otto Klemperer (conductor): The Remastered Edition (Warner Classics)
Klemperer consolidated; his full Warner legacy in best-yet transfers [JW]
Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette & Cléopâtre (Erato)
Two fine Berlioz performances from John Nelson [JQ]
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) One of the classic performances of this symphony [CH]
Joseph Szigeti (violin) European Columbia Recordings Vol. 3 (Pristine Audio)
Concertos and duos from Szigeti’s peak [JW]
La Valse (Hänssler Classic)
These wind orchestra arrangements could hardly be better played [MC]
Julius Prüwer (conductor) Forgotten Maestro (Pristine Audio)
A welcome restoration of the recordings of a largely overlooked German conductor [JW]
Julius Prüwer (conductor) Forgotten maestro (Pristine)
A welcome to a neglected conductor from the early electrical recording period in Berlin [GT]
Berlioz: Harold en Italie (Erato)
Essentially unsatisfying accounts of two favourite Berlioz works [Rmo]