Symphonie fantastique

Album by Hector Berlioz & Philharmonia Orchestra & Leopold Stokowski

Symphonie fantastique is a programme symphony by French composer Hector Berlioz, composed and premiered in 1830. The work employs expansive orchestration, novel instrumental effects and a recurring idée fixe to depict a dramatic narrative across its movements, and it occupies a defining place in Berlioz's output and the development of Romantic programme music.

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  1. 1.
    Symphonie fantastique: I. Rêveries. Passions
    14:01
  2. 2.
    Symphonie fantastique: II. A Ball
    6:16
  3. 3.
    Symphonie fantastique: IIIa. Scenes in the Country (Beginning)
    6:27
  4. 4.
    Symphonie fantastique: IIIb. Scenes in the Country (Conclusion)
    11:09
  5. 5.
    Symphonie fantastique: IV. March to the Scaffold
    4:25
  6. 6.
    Symphonie fantastique: V. Dream of a Witches' Sabbath
    10:21

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