Symphonie Fantastique

Album by Hector Berlioz & Philharmonia Orchestra & Esa‐Pekka Salonen

Symphonie fantastique is a programme symphony by French composer Hector Berlioz, composed and first performed in 1830. It features expanded orchestral forces, vivid orchestration and a recurring idée fixe representing the protagonist's obsession, using a programme of episodic movements to depict an artist's passions, visions and nightmares and influencing the development of Romantic orchestral and programme music.
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  1. 1.
    Symphonie fantastique: I. Rêveries, Passions: Largo - Allegro agitato
    13:55
  2. 2.
    Symphonie fantastique: II. Un bal: Valse allegro non troppo
    6:22
  3. 3.
    Symphonie fantastique: III. Scène aux champs: Adagio
    16:59
  4. 4.
    Symphonie fantastique: IV. Marche au supplice: Allegretto non troppo
    4:38
  5. 5.
    Symphonie fantastique: V. Songe d'une nuit de Sabbat: Larghetto - Allegro - Ronde du Sabbat
    10:13
  6. 6.
    Overture, Leonore no. 2, op. 72b
    15:02

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