Harold en Italie

Album by Hector Berlioz & Michel Plasson & Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse & Gérard Caussé

Harold en Italie is a symphonic work for solo viola and orchestra by French composer Hector Berlioz, composed in 1834. The four-movement piece blends programme elements and Romantic orchestration, featuring an extended solo viola line woven into vivid orchestral colour and exploring lyrical, dramatic and pastoral moods, marking a development in Berlioz's approach to programme symphonies and orchestral colour.

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  1. 1.
    Harold en Italie Op.16 : Harold aux montagnes (Adagio)
    14:53
  2. 2.
    Harold en Italie Op.16 : Marche des pélerins chantant la prière du soir (Allegretto)
    7:51
  3. 3.
    Harold en Italie Op.16 : Sérénade (Allegro assai)
    5:55
  4. 4.
    Harold en Italie Op.16 : Orgie des brigands (Allegro frenetico)
    11:47
  5. 5.
    Benvenuto Cellini Op.23 : Ouverture
    10:25
  6. 6.
    Waverly Op.1 : Grande Ouverture
    9:47

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