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Hector Berlioz

Verbier Festival Orchestra Zubin Mehta

BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique / Zubin Mehta

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, H. 48

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Symphonie fantastique, H. 48: I. Rêveries – Passions (Live at Verbier Festival, 2007)

Symphonie fantastique, H. 48: II. Un bal. Valse (Live at Verbier Festival, 2007)

Symphonie fantastique, H. 48: III. Scène aux champs (Live at Verbier Festival, 2007)

Symphonie fantastique, H. 48: IV. Marche au supplice (Live at Verbier Festival, 2007)

Symphonie fantastique, H. 48: V. Songe d'une nuit de sabbat (Live at Verbier Festival, 2007)

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Symphonie fantastique, H. 48
Live at Verbier Festival, 2007

Recorded on our joint label Verbier Festival Gold, we release a new album featuring conductor Zubin Mehta&rsquo;s performance at the Verbier Festival in 2007.&nbsp;
There, he led the Verbier Festival Orchestra in Berlioz&rsquo;s well-known Symphony fantastique &mdash; a cornerstone of the Romantic repertoire that demands both sonic precision and structural clarity. With calm authority, he shapes the overarching arc and reveals the delicate balance between structure and expression. The young orchestra responds with remarkable focus and tonal refinement: supple strings, incisive winds, and a transparent, finely balanced texture.&nbsp;
Composed in 1830, Symphonie fantastique traces the obsessive love of a young artist&mdash;from lyrical visions to nightmarish extremes, unified by the recurring id&eacute;e fixe. In Verbier, this narrative emerges without exaggeration, unfolding with clarity and coherence. The result is an interpretation that prioritizes musical integrity and textural detail over overt drama&mdash;and draws its lasting impact precisely from this restraint.&nbsp;
The album is released digitally.&nbsp;

Concerts and Operas

Frauenkirche, Dresden

Advent Concert with Benjamin Bernheim, Elsa Dreisig & Daniel Hope

Festival Cap Rocat

Pretty Yende: Opera Gala

Czech Philharmonic

Daniil Trifonov & Charles Dutoit in Dvořák & Berlioz

Salzburg Festival, 2024

Nézet-Séguin conducts Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

Neues Palais, Potsdam 

Antonello Manacorda conducts Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream 

Monteverdi Choir

Gardiner conducts Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ

Meistersaal, Berlin

Musical Moment: Benjamin Bernheim in French Song

Glyndebourne Festival

Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict

Berliner Philharmoniker

Waldbühne 2005: French Night – with Simon Rattle

Orchestre de Paris

Hélène Grimaud and Christoph Eschenbach at the Proms

Gala from Berlin

Songs of Love & Desire – Claudio Abbado & the Berliner Philharmoniker

Gala from Berlin 1996 – with Claudio Abbado and Maxim Vengerov

Karajan conducts the New Year's Eve Concert 1978

Documentaries

Klaus Mäkelä - Berlioz & Ravel

BERLIOZ  · RAVEL Klaus Mäkelä

Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust

BERLIOZ Faust / Solti

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique 0028947575579

BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique / Colin Davis

Berlioz Masterworks

BERLIOZ MASTERWORKS / Charles Dutoit

Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ

BERLIOZ L'Enfance du Christ 

Berlioz: Roméo & Juliette

BERLIOZ Roméo et Juliette Gardiner

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