Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique - Lelio
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.CSOR-901-1501

By Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Depardieu, Ketelsen, Muti, and Zeffiri. By Hector Berlioz. Classical. 2 listening CDs. Naxos #CSOR 901 1501. Published by Naxos (NX.CSOR-901-1501).

UPC: 810449010030.

Recorded in 2010 during Riccardo Muti's first subscription concerts as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's tenth music director, this new double-CD release pairs Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique with its sequel, Lelio, ou le retour de la vie (Lelio, or The Return to Life). Berlioz intended Symphonie fantastique to be followed by Lelio in concert, as the artist returns to life to comment anew on music and art. Maestro Muti and the CSO are joined in Lelio by acclaimed actor Gerard Depardieu as the narrator, tenor Mario Zeffiri, bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen, and the Chicago Symphony Chorus. "... to hear this pairing of works as Berlioz intended was fascinating." (New York Times) "[T]he vivid, evocative and beautifully detailed performance the maestro elicited from his platoons of performers - including narrator, soloists and full Chorus, in magnificent voice...drew a thunderous ovation from the packed auditorium." (Chicago Tribune).

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