classical music: herminie (immaginario recordings orchestral)

classical music: herminie

classical music:

Dame Janet Baker Philips and Decca Recordings, 1961-1979 (Limited Edition)

2 reviews
Janet Baker, John Shirley-Quirk, ...

Philips, 2003

Essential Performances from a Great & Beloved Singer
For those of us who grew up on Janet Baker's recordings (and were lucky enough to hear her "live" as well), the sound of her voice and her singular artstic personality - British restraint coupled with fierce emotional and spiritual commitment - are indelibly imprinted in our minds and hearts. The closest current equivalent is Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, another superb artist who has charted her own ...

Il Teatro Immaginario di Berlioz
Hector Berlioz, Graciela Alperyn, ...

Mondo Musica, 1999

Berlioz: Cantatas

2 reviews
Hector Berlioz, Jean-Claude Casadesus, ...

Naxos, 2003

Four Tragedies...All triumphs for the composer
We are very lucky to be living in a time where so much music is being recorded. In older times (think: EMI in the 50's), very few people would have made an effort to record this repertoire. Even more so, we can be thankful that these are wonderful versions of the music. Actually, this CD is a reincarnation for a Harmonia Mundi France release. Many thanks to Naxos for making it generall ...

Berlioz - Nuits d'été · Herminie / Balleys · Delunsch · Herreweghe

7 reviews
Hector Berlioz, Philippe Herreweghe, ...

Harmonia Mundi Fr., 1995

a gout for berlioz
Now thats the way to do it: thoughtful, musical, flowing. Brigitte Ballyes scores (along with my other 2 favourites in this, von Otter and Crespin, still classic) in having not-such-a-great voice, but keen diction, a sense of the text and emotional resources (I nearly cried hearing Sur les Lagunes). Herreweghe is most sympathetic and attentive. The orchestral sonorities are ear-pricking. The ...

Berlioz - Sacred Music (L'Enfance du Christ · Requiem) · Symphony Dramas (Roméo et Juliette · La damnation de ...

2 reviews
Hector Berlioz, Colin Davis, ...

Philips, 1998

Limited edition set of Sir Colin Davis doing Berlioz
A complete review of this set will follow at a later date. What I wish to highlight here is that this set contains Davis's reading of Berlioz's Requiem, though it is not listed as part of the contents in Amazon's description. (I've submitted a suggestion that it be added.) Those genuinely interested in Berlioz's sacred music will probably know this recording, which is justly famous for its ...

Hector Berlioz, Romantic Spirit
Hector Berlioz, Charles Dutoit, ...

Universal Classics, 2003

Jacques Offenbach: Piano Works, Vol. 1

1 review
Jacques Offenbach, Marco Sollini

Cpo Records, 2005

Makes Jacques 1
Everyone knows of Offenbach - populist works full of life and happiness. Piano Works Vol. was a new experience of him for me. When sitting on my balcony overlooking a wide expance of the South Coral Sea his background music made this scene look even better and the wine tastier. Recommended as wonderful background dinner music too. Down here in remote Australia music CDs in 7 days from the ...

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Herminie

1 review
Hector Berlioz, Marc Minkowski, ...

Brilliant Classics, 2009

Something really dull and a big surprise
Amazon recommended this recording to me based on my purchase history, which includes buying a couple other French orchestral productions from Marc Minkowski and his Le Musiciens du Louvre -- a delightful Offenbach recording Offenbach Romantique and his rendition of suites from Bizet's L'Arlesienne and Carmen Bizet: L'Arlesienne; Carmen. Of the two, I found the former a brilliant reconstruction ...