Symphonie fantastique

Album by Hector Berlioz & Esa‐Pekka Salonen & San Francisco Symphony

Symphonie fantastique is a programme symphony by French composer Hector Berlioz, composed and first performed in 1830. The work employs large-scale orchestration, innovative orchestral colour, recurring idée fixe motifs and dramatic programme-driven episodes, and it occupies a key position in Berlioz's output and in the development of Romantic orchestral music.
First released: 27th September 2024

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphonie fantastique, H 48: I. Reveries, Passions
    14:20
  2. 2.
    Symphonie fantastique, H 48: II. A Ball
    6:32
  3. 3.
    Symphonie fantastique, H 48: III. Scene in the Fields
    17:00
  4. 4.
    Symphonie fantastique, H 48: IV. March to the Scaffold
    4:36
  5. 5.
    Symphonie fantastique, H 48: V. Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath
    9:38

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