Symphonie fantastique

Album by Hector Berlioz & NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester & Pierre Monteux

Symphonie fantastique is a programme symphony by French composer Hector Berlioz, composed in 1830. The work features expansive orchestration, striking orchestral colour, innovative instrumental effects and a recurring idée fixe that drives a programme depicting an artist's obsessive love and hallucinatory visions, marking a significant development in Romantic-era programme music and orchestral technique.

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  1. 1.
    Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: I. Reveries - Passions
    13:54
  2. 2.
    Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: II. A Ball
    5:55
  3. 3.
    Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: III. Scene in the Country (part 1)
    8:34
  4. 4.
    Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: III. Scene in the Country (part 2)
    6:57
  5. 5.
    Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: IV. March to the Scaffold
    5:00
  6. 6.
    Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: V. Dream of a Witches' Sabbath
    10:00

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