Romeo & Juliet

Album by Hector Berlioz & Wiener Philharmoniker & Lorin Maazel

Roméo et Juliette is a dramatic symphony by French composer Hector Berlioz, composed in 1839. The work combines large-scale orchestral forces with solo vocalists and chorus to present symphonic settings of Shakespearean drama, exemplifying Berlioz's expansive approach to orchestration and form within the Romantic era.
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  1. 1.
    Romeo & Juliet: Introduction - Combats - Tumult - Intervention of the Prince
    4:53
  2. 2.
    Romeo & Juliet: Romeo alone - Sadness - Distant sounds of music and dancing - Great festivities In Capulet's Palace
    12:15
  3. 3.
    Romeo & Juliet: Queen Mab, or the Fairy of Dreams - Scherzo
    8:00
  4. 4.
    Romeo & Juliet: Star-light Night - Capulet's Garden, silent and desserted - The young Capulets, leaving the ball, pass by singing fragments of the dance music - Love-scene
    19:22
  5. 5.
    Romeo & Juliet: Romeo in the family-vault of the Capulets - Invocation - Juliet's awaikening - Delirious joy, despair - Anguish and death of both lovers
    7:28

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