Symphonie fantastique

Album by Hector Berlioz & San Francisco Symphony & Pierre Monteux

Symphonie fantastique is a programme symphony by French composer Hector Berlioz, composed in 1830. The five-movement work employs vivid orchestration, a recurring idée fixe and dramatic contrasts to realise a detailed programme, introducing novel orchestral effects and an expanded role for brass and percussion that marked a pivotal development in Berlioz's output and in Romantic orchestral practice.

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  1. 1.
    Symphony fantastique: I. Reveries; Passions
    13:17
  2. 2.
    Symphony fantastique: II. A Ball
    5:45
  3. 3.
    Symphony fantastique: III. Scene in the Country
    15:50
  4. 4.
    Symphony fantastique: IV. March to the Scaffold
    4:53
  5. 5.
    Symphony fantastique: V. Dream of a Witches' Sabbath
    9:33
  6. 6.
    Benvenuti Cellini: Overture
    10:56
  7. 7.
    Les Troyens: Act II Overture
    4:39
  8. 8.
    La Damnation de Faust: Rakoczy March
    4:04

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